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Raj

//ɹɑːd͡ʒ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of British Raj, the period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, historical, uncountable

    "during the Raj"

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Rajasthan. India, abbreviation, alt-of, historical
  3. 3
    A diminutive of the male given name Rajiv. historical
  4. 4
    The whole period of British influence or rule in the Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947. countable, historical, proscribed, uncountable
  5. 5
    A surname. countable, historical, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A male given name. countable, historical, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Reign; rule. South-Asia, uncountable
  2. 2
    A system of government where authority is exercised by a specific group. broadly, historical

    "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."

  3. 3
    British dominion over India (1757-1947) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Proprialisation of raj (“(India) reign, rule”, noun), borrowed from Hindustani राज / راج (rāj, “reign, rule; empire, kingdom; country, state; royalty”), from Sanskrit राज्य (rājyá, “empire, kingdom, realm; kingship, royalty, sovereignty; country”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right or straighten oneself; to govern, rule; just; right”). Doublet of Reich.

Etymology 3

Proprialisation of raj (“(India) reign, rule”, noun), borrowed from Hindustani राज / راج (rāj, “reign, rule; empire, kingdom; country, state; royalty”), from Sanskrit राज्य (rājyá, “empire, kingdom, realm; kingship, royalty, sovereignty; country”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right or straighten oneself; to govern, rule; just; right”). Doublet of Reich.

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