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រាជ
“king, royalty, reign”
រាជ (rāja) is a given name from Sanskrit (ultimately Proto-Indo-European), meaning “king, royalty, reign.” It is used in Old Khmer.
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Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
រាជ comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit राजन् (rājā, “king, royalty, reign”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
រាជ’s family of names
In Old Khmer usage, រាជ was borrowed from राजन्.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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