# रजत
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रजत (rajata).

### Noun

रजत • (rajat) m (Urdu spelling رجت)
* white
* silver

#### Declension
### Adjective

रजत • (rajat) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling رجت)
* white
* silver

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰজত (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬚᬢ (Balinese script)
* রজত (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰕𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀚𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ရဇတ (Burmese script)
* રજત (Gujarati script)
* ਰਜਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌜𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦗꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂔𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ರಜತ (Kannada script)
* រជត (Khmer script)
* ຣຊຕ (Lao script)
* രജത (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠᡯᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘕𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᠽᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑦵𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐖𑐟 (Newa script)
* ରଜତ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢙꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆘𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖕𑖝 (Siddham script)
* රජත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩣𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚑𑚙 (Takri script)
* ரஜத (Tamil script)
* రజత (Telugu script)
* รชต (Thai script)
* ར་ཛ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒖𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨥𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂reǵn̥t-ó-m (“silver”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (ər$^ə$zata, “silver”), Latin argentum (“silver”). Also related to अर्जुन (arjuna).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɐ.d͡ʑɐ.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɾɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

रजत • (rajatá) stem
* white, bright white, silver-colored (also applied to हिरण्य (hiraṇya) to denote silver the metal, literally meaning "white gold")
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.25.22:ऋज्रमुक्षण्यायने रजतं हरयाणे । रथं युक्तमसनाम सुषामणि ॥ṛjramukṣaṇyāyane rajataṃ harayāṇe. rathaṃ yuktamasanāma suṣāmaṇi.From Uksanyayana a bay, from Harayana a silvery white steed, And from Susaman we obtained a hamessed car.
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.5.1:यद् अश्र्व् अशीयत तत् रजतꣳ हिरण्यम् अभवत् तस्माद् रजतꣳ हिरण्यम् अदक्षिण्यम् अश्रुजꣳ हिyad aśrv aśīyata tat rajataṃ hiraṇyam abhavat tasmād rajataṃ hiraṇyam adakṣiṇyam aśrujaṃ hiThe tear that was shed (while crying) became white gold (silver); therefore white gold (silver) is not a suitable gift, for it is born of tears
* silvery, made of silver

#### Declension
### Noun

रजत • (rajata) stem, n
* silver
    Synonym: रूप्य (rūpya)
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 5.28.1:नव प्राणान् नवभिः सं मिमीते दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय । हरिते त्रीणि रजते त्रीण्ययसि त्रीणि तपसाविष्टितानि ॥nava prāṇān navabhiḥ saṃ mimīte dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya. harite trīṇi rajate trīṇyayasi trīṇi tapasāviṣṭitāni.For lengthened life, to last through hundred autumns, they equalize with nine the nine aspirations. Three in gold, three in silver, three in iron by heat are stablished in their several places.
* ivory

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: rāwa
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Ashkun: arū́, úrə
*** Kamkata-viri: ŕṳ̄, arṳ̄
*** Prasuni: urǘ
*** Tregami: wurṓ
*** Waigali: urḗi
* Pali: rajata
** → Thai: รชตะ
* Prakrit: 𑀭𑀬𑀤 (rayada), 𑀭𑀬𑀬 (rayaya)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ރިހި (rihi)
**** Sinhalese: රිදී (ridī)
* → Bengali: রজত (rojot)
* → Acehnese: rajata
* → Banjarese: rajata
* → Cebuano: ladyata
* → Gorontalo: rajata
* → Hiligaynon: ladyato
* → Hindi: रजत (rajat)
* → Ilocano: radiata
* → Javanese: rajata
* → Kannada: ರಜತ (rajata)
* → Malay: rajata
** Indonesian: rajata
* → Minangkabau: rajata
* → Old Gujarati: रजत (rajata)
* → Molbog: rajata
* → Brooke's Point Palawano: radyata
* → Sasak: rajata
* → Sundanese: rajata
* → Tamil: இரசிதம் (iracitam)
* → Telugu: రజత (rajata)
* → Tulu: ರಜತ (rajata)
* → Urdu: رجت (rajat)
* → Waray-Waray: ladyata
* → Wolio: rajata