# राज्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राज्य (rājya). Doublet of राज (rāj).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾɑːd͡ʒ.jᵊ/, [ɾäːd͡ʒ.jᵊ]

### Noun

राज्य • (rājya) m (Urdu spelling راجیہ)
* state, kingdom
    यह क्षेत्र उस राज्य के अंतर्गत है।yah kṣetra us rājya ke antargat hai.This region is included in that state.
    आंतरिक अशान्ति की वजह से, राज्य उलट गया।āntrik aśānti kī vajah se, rājya ulaṭ gayā.Due to internal turmoil, the kingdom was overthrown.
* reign
    बीस वर्ष के राज्य के पश्चात्, राजा ग़ायब हो गया।bīs varṣ ke rājya ke paścāt, rājā ġāyab ho gayā.After a reign of twenty years, the king vanished.

#### Synonyms

* (colloquial) राज (rāj)

#### Derived terms

* राज्य सभा (rājya sabhā)
* राज्यारोहण (rājyārohaṇ)
* राज्याभिषेक (rājyābhiṣek)
* राज्यभाषा (rājyabhāṣā)
* राज्याधिकार (rājyādhikār)
* राज्यपाल (rājyapāl)
* रामराज्य (rāmrājya)
* साम्राज्य (sāmrājya)
* संयुक्त राज्य अमरीका (sãyukt rājya amrīkā)

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “राज्य”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “राज्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit राज्य (rājyá, rā́jya).

### Noun

राज्य • (rājya) n
* state, province

### See also

* शासन (śāsan)
* साम्राज्य (sāmrājya)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰাজ্য (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬵᬚ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* রাজ্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ရာဇျ (Burmese script)
* રાજ્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਰਾਜ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦴꦗꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ರಾಜ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* រាជ្យ (Khmer script)
* ຣາຊ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* രാജ്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᢗᠽᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ରାଜ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢵꢙ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* රාජ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩛𑩣 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* ராஜ்ய (Tamil script)
* రాజ్య (Telugu script)
* ราชฺย (Thai script)
* རཱ་ཛྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨊𑨥𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɑː.d͡ʑi.jɐ́/, /ɾɑ́ː.d͡ʑi.jɐ/, /ɾɑː.d͡ʑí.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɾɑːd͡ʑ.jɐ/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrāȷ́yam, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rēǵ-yo-m, from *h₃rḗǵs (“king, ruler”). Compare Proto-Celtic *rīgyom.

#### Noun

राज्य • (rājyá or rā́jya or rājyà) stem, n (metrical Vedic rājiya)
* kingdom, country, realm
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 18.4.31:एतत्ते देवः सविता वासो ददाति भर्तवे । तत्त्वं यमस्य राज्ये वसानस्तार्प्यं चर ॥etatte devaḥ savitā vāso dadāti bhartave. tattvaṃ yamasya rājye vasānastārpyaṃ cara.Savitar the God gives thee this vesture to wear Wearing that robe, go to Yama's realm.
* royalty, kingship, sovereignty, empire

##### Synonyms

* राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) (empire, great realm, kingdom)

##### Derived terms

* उत्तरज्या (uttarajyā) (the versed sine of an arc)
* कुरुराज्य (kururājya) (the Kuru kingdom)
* गणराज्य (gaṇarājya) (an ancient oligarchy in India)
* जानराज्य (jānarājya) (sovereignty)
* देवराज्य (devarājya) (rule over the gods)
* धर्मराज्य (dharmarājya) (a kingdom of just laws)
* ब्रह्मसाम्राज्य (brahmasāmrājya) (extensive or powerful rule, rule of a great emperor)
* मनोराज्य (manorājya) (the realm of fancy, an imaginary place, a castle in the air)
* माहाराज्य (māhārājya) (sovereignty)
* म्लेच्छराज्य (mleccharājya) (rule by barbarians)
* यमराज्य (yamarājya) (the reign of Yama)
* रामराज्य (rāmarājya) (the reign of Rama, a righteous society)
* साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) (an empire)
* स्वर्गराज्य (svargarājya) (the kingdom of heaven, Svarga)

##### Descendants

* Gandhari: 𐨪𐨗 (raja)
* Pali: rajja
* Prakrit: 𑀭𑀚𑁆𑀚 (rajja)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Hindi: राज (rāj)
**** → English: raj
* → Assamese: ৰাজ্য (raizzo)
* → Bengali: রাজ্য (rajjo)
** Bengali: রাজ (raj)
* → Dhivehi: ރާއްޖެ (rājje)
* → Kannada: ರಾಜ್ಯ (rājya)
* → Khmer: រាជ្យ (riəc)
* → Malayalam: രാജ്യം (rājyaṁ)
* → Old Javanese: rājya
** >? Javanese: ꦫꦢꦾ (radya)
* → Tamil: ராஜ்யம் (rājyam)
* → Telugu: రాజ్యము (rājyamu)

### Etymology 2

राज् (rāj, “king”) +‎ -य (-ya).

#### Adjective

राज्य • (rājyá) stem (metrical Vedic rājiya)
* kingly, princely, royal

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “राज्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 875, column 1.