# प्रजा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रजा (prajā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɾə.d͡ʒɑː/, [pɾɐ.d͡ʒäː]

### Noun

प्रजा • (prajā) f (Urdu spelling پرجا)
* subjects
    प्रजा की मत है कि अपने राजा ने देश को लूट लिया है।prajā kī mat hai ki apne rājā ne deś ko lūṭ liyā hai.The subjects believe that their own king has ransacked the nation.
* people (as a single entity)
    Synonyms: जनता (jantā), रिआया (riāyā)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰজা (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
* প্রজা (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ပြဇာ (Burmese script)
* પ્રજા (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਜਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂔𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರಜಾ (Kannada script)
* ប្រជា (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣຊາ (Lao script)
* പ്രജാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᠠᡯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘕𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠠᠽᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦵𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐖𑐵 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରଜା (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රජා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩣𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚑𑚭 (Takri script)
* ப்ரஜா (Tamil script)
* ప్రజా (Telugu script)
* ปฺรชา (Thai script)
* པྲ་ཛཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨥𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “pro-”) +‎ जा (jā, “birth, offspring, race”). Literally, “that which is brought forth”.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɾɐ.d͡ʑɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɾɐ.d͡ʑɑː/

### Noun

प्रजा • (prajā) stem, f
* subject of a king, rule
* procreation
* offspring
** (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:8. ප්‍රමාදමප්‍රමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතඃ ප්‍රඥාප්‍රසාදමාරුහ්‍ය ත්‍වශොකඃ ශොකිනීං ප්‍රජාම් පර්‍වතස‍්ථ ඉව භූමිෂ‍්ඨාන් ධීරො බාලානවෙක්‍ෂතෙ8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ Prajñāprasādamāruhya tvaśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām Parvatastha iva bhūmiṣṭhān dhīro bālānavekṣate8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.(literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)(Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)
* race
* posterity
* man, mankind

#### Derived terms

* प्रजाकल्प (prajākalpa, “the time of creation”)
* प्रजाकामा (prajākāmā, “desiring offspring”)
* प्रजातन्तु (prajātantu, “a line of descendants, a race”)
* प्रजापति (prajāpati, literally “a lord of creatures”)

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: प्रजा (prajā)
* → Old Javanese: prajā
** Javanese: ꦥꦿꦗ (praja)
*** → Indonesian: praja
* Pali: pajā
* Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාව (prajāwa)
* → Telugu: ప్రజ (praja), → ప్రజలు (prajalu)
* → Thai: ประชา (bprà-chaa, “people”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “प्रजा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 658.