Raj
pronunciation
How to pronounce Raj in British English:
UK [rɑ:dʒ]
How to pronounce Raj in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- British dominion over India (1757-1947)
Word Origin
- raj
- raj: [18] English acquired the word raj, of course, from the period of British rule in India. It was borrowed from Hindi rāj ‘reign’, which goes back to Sanskrit rājā, a derivative of rājati ‘he rules’. Closely related is rajah [16], which came (probably via Portuguese) from Hindi rājā, a descendant of Sanskrit rājan ‘king’ (the Sanskrit feminine from rājnī produced ranee [17]).The whole family of words goes back to an Indo- European base *rēg-, which also produced Latin rēx ‘king’, source of English regal and royal. Maharajah [17] means literally ‘great ruler’ (Hindi mahā ‘great’ comes from the same source as Latin magnus ‘great’, ancestor of English magnify, magnitude, etc).=> regal, royal
- Raj (n.)
- British rule in India, 1859, from Hindi raj "rule, dominion, kingdom" (see rajah).
Example
- 1. Do you contribute any insights to the jokes or any of the things that raj does ?
- 2. Former hedge-fund titan raj rajaratnam must begin serving his 11-year prison term while he appeals his conviction on insider-trading charges , a federal appellate court ruled thursday .
- 3. But new research from raj chetty , a young berkeley economist , suggests that moral hazard may not be why more generous benefits seem to lead to more unemployment .
- 4. This gap emerged under the raj , and seems to persist in modern india where different faiths still use different family law .
- 5. And speaking of couples , what is up with raj and howard ?