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Raj
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raj ráj
English
2021 August 2
Pronunciation
en /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/ /ɹɑːʒ/ hyperforeign RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Raj.wav Southern England
en /ɹɑd͡ʒ/ GA
en ɑːdʒ 1
en raj Rog US pronunciation
Etymology 1
en ine-pro *h₃reǵ-
Proprialisation of en raj (India) reign, rule noun, borrowed from en inc-hnd
hi राज - / ur راج rāj reign, rule; empire, kingdom; country, state; royalty, from en sa राज्य rājyá empire, kingdom, realm; kingship, royalty, sovereignty; country, ultimately from en ine-pro *h₃reǵ- to right or straighten oneself; to govern, rule; just; right.Compare raj n 157632 December 2020 1; n en Reich.
Proper noun
~ s es en historical
en British Raj the period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947.
en British India
en during the Raj
en proscribed The whole period of British influence or rule in the Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947.
en.
en male.
Translations
period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire British Raj
Hindi: hi राज m
Polish: pl Indie Brytyjskie nv-p
Noun
es
en by extension from the proper noun A system of government where authority is exercised by a specific group.
en Licence Raj; Mafia Raj; Goonda Raj
en New Race After Gandhiji's Ram Raj, which lived and went with him to the wilderness, it was Goonda Raj everywhere[...]There was nothing that the goonda did not manpiulate. He turned community development blocks into chips of self-aggrandisement. Panchyat Raj was the Pentagon of Goonda Raj. 1965 1 https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Race/pCfkAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=raj
en The Developmental State Concern that the license - permit quota raj was stifling growth focused on the drop in the rate of growth in industry after 1965... 1999 Ronald J. Herring 310 9780801485664 w:Meredith Jung-En Woo
Translations
system of government where authority is exercised by a specific group
Hindi: hi राज m
Polish: pl radż m
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en India journalism en Rajasthan.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
s
en male Rajiv.
References
Anagrams
en ajr JAR JRA ajr jar
en surnames from Hindi