raj

raj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Rajasthani.

Borrowed from Hindi राज (rāj), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of rex, rich, and others.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/, (hyperforeign) /ɹɑːʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdʒ
• Homophones: Rog, Raj

raj (uncountable)

1. (South Asia) Reign; rule.

• British Raj, Raj
• jungle raj

• JAR, JRA, ajr, jar

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian roj. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rojь.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒj]
• Hyphenation: raj
• Rhymes: -ɒj

raj (plural rajok)

1. (of bees and other insects) swarm, (of birds) flock
2. (military) squad, section, squadron (with approx. 13 people)

• (collective terms for animals) csapat and sereg (generic), csorda, csürhe, falka, gulya, horda, konda, ménes, nyáj, raj

• (military units) őrs/tűzcsoport < raj < szakasz < század < zászlóalj < ezred < dandár < hadosztály < hadtest < hadsereg < hadseregcsoport < front

• raj in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

• IPA^(key): /raj/
• Homophone: ragħaj (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -aj

raj m

1. opinion
2. one's free will, volition, intent

• Generally used in the construction minn raj- + pronominal suffix. For example: Għamluha minn rajhom. (“They did it voluntarily/deliberately.”)

From Proto-Micronesian *rato, from Proto-Oceanic *rato.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [rˠɑtʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /rˠætʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {raj}

raj

1. whale

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈraj/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: raj

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rajь. Doublet of rebus.

raj m inan

1. paradise

   Synonyms: eden, rajski ogród

   wrota raju ― gates to paradise

   istny raj ― true paradise

   raj utracony ― paradise lost

   wygnanie z raju ― expulsion from paradise

   raje podatkowe ― tax havens (lit. tax paradises)

2. heaven

   Synonyms: niebiosa, niebo

   raj na ziemi ― heaven on earth

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

raj

1. second-person singular imperative of raić

• raj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• raj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “raj”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀆 (rāā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan).^[1][2]

raj m (nominative plural raja)

1. lord,^[1] master^[2]
2. gentleman,^[1][3] Sir,^[3] Mr^[3]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rajь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rā́ˀjus (“heaven”).

• IPA^(key): /râːj/
• Rhymes: -âːj

rȃj m inan (Cyrillic spelling ра̑ј)

1. heaven, paradise
2. (figuratively) heaven, paradise (a pleasant place of happiness and joy)

   Svi kažu da je kao raj na zemlji.

   Everyone says that it's like heaven on earth.

• rȃjskī
• rajčica

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ràjь.

• IPA^(key): [raj]

raj m inan (genitive singular raja, nominative plural raje, genitive plural rajov, declension pattern of stroj)

1. paradise
2. Paradise, Heaven, the Garden of Eden

• “raj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025