राय
Hindi
noun
Definitions
- king
- (historical) a royal title used by Hindu kings
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀬 inherited from Sanskrit राजन् (king, prince, sovereign, chief).
Origin
Sanskrit
राजन्
Gloss
king, prince, sovereign, chief
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
皇
Emoji
👑 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- राजन् Sanskrit
- राजा Hindi
- ราชัน Thai
- రాజు Telugu
- raja Malay
- rājan Pali
- રાજા Gujarati
- *Hrā́ȷ́s Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrā́ȷ́ā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- রাজা Bengali
- راجا Urdu
- 𑀭𑀸𑀬 Sauraseni Prakrit
- raj Romani
- 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 Ashokan Prakrit
- राइं Old Gujarati
- *aracan Proto-Dravidian
- ৰাজা Old Assamese
- raja ms-cla
- രാജാവ് Malayalam
- ରାଜା Oriya
- රජ Sinhala, Sinhalese
- राइ Braj
- 𑀅𑀭𑀘𑀷𑁆 Old Tamil
- radia Maranao
- রাজা Bishnupriya Manipuri