Word history
Wiktionary records राज (rāj) as a Hindi surname. The etymology passes through the Prakrit form rajja to Sanskrit rājya. Monier-Williams records kingdom or realm as one noun sense of that Sanskrit word. The ending of the older form is reduced in Raj. This is a word for rule or territory, rather than a statement that a modern surname confers authority.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword rājya, page 875, column 1, entry L176879
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
राज · Devanagari
The same word as a given name
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword rājya, page 875, column 1, entry L176879
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