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raj¹

  • /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/
  • /ɹɑːʒ/

Sounds like Rog, Raj · Rhymes with -ɑːdʒ

Where it comes from

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

noun

  1. South Asia, uncountable Reign; rule.

Raj²

  • /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /ɹɑːʒ/ UK
  • /ɹɑd͡ʒ/ US

Sounds like raj, Rog (US pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɑːdʒ

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Rajs · Rajes

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

    Similar: British India

  2. countable, historical, proscribed, uncountable The whole period of British influence or rule in the Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947.
  3. countable, historical, uncountable A surname.
  4. countable, historical, uncountable A male given name.

noun Rajes

  1. broadly, historical, from the proper noun A system of government where authority is exercised by a specific group. Licence Raj; Mafia Raj; Goonda Raj

Raj³

  • /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /ɹɑːʒ/ UK
  • /ɹɑd͡ʒ/ US

Sounds like raj, Rog (US pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɑːdʒ

proper noun

  1. India, abbreviation, historical Abbreviation of Rajasthan

Raj⁴

  • /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /ɹɑːʒ/ UK
  • /ɹɑd͡ʒ/ US

Sounds like raj, Rog (US pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɑːdʒ

proper noun Rajs

  1. historical A diminutive of the male given name Rajiv.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adj, empire, haven, roy, howard, governance, reign, rule, authority, sovereignty, dominion, jurisdiction, supremacy, command, hegemony, administration

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name period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire — see also British Raj

हिन्दीराज rāj

noun system of government where authority is exercised by a specific group

हिन्दीराज rāj

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@misc{raj_2026,
  title = {raj},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raj},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}