Surname · Punjabi
ਰਾਜਪੂਤ
“prince”
ਰਾਜਪੂਤ (rājpūt) is a surname from Sanskrit. It is used in Punjabi.
PunjabiWritten in Gurmukhi script. In English: rājpūt.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ਰਾਜਪੂਤ goes back to Sanskrit राजपुत्र, meaning “prince.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit राजपुत्र (“prince”), built from Punjabi ਰਾਜ (“king”) + ਪੁੱਤ (“son”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ਰਾਜਪੂਤ’s family of names
In Punjabi usage, ਰਾਜਪੂਤ as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Sindhi form راجپوت. In Punjabi usage, ਰਾਜਪੂਤ as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as rājpūt. In Punjabi usage, ਰਾਜਪੂਤ as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Sindhi form राजपूतु.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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