# raj
## Translingual
### Symbol

raj
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Rajasthani.

## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi राज (rāj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/, (hyperforeign) /ɹɑːʒ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːdʒ
* Homophones: Rog, Raj

### Noun

raj (uncountable)
* (South Asia) Reign; rule.

#### Derived terms

* British Raj, Raj
* jungle raj

### Anagrams

* JAR, JRA, ajr, jar

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian roj. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rojь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɒj]
* Hyphenation: raj
* Rhymes: -ɒj

### Noun

raj (plural rajok)
* (of bees and other insects) swarm, (of birds) flock
* (military) squad, section, squadron (with approx. 13 people)

#### Coordinate terms

* (collective terms for animals) csapat and sereg (generic), csorda, csürhe, falka, gulya, horda, konda, ménes, nyáj, raj
* (military units) őrs/tűzcsoport < raj < szakasz < század < zászlóalj < ezred < dandár < hadosztály < hadtest < hadsereg < hadseregcsoport < front

#### Derived terms

* rajong
* rajzik
* hajóraj

### References

* ↑ raj in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* raj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Maltese

* Root
* w-r-j
* 10 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raj/
* Homophone: ragħaj (one pronunciation)
* Rhymes: -aj

### Noun

raj m
* opinion
* one's free will, volition, intent

#### Usage notes

* Generally used in the construction minn raj- + pronominal suffix. For example: Għamluha minn rajhom. (“They did it voluntarily/deliberately.”)

## Marshallese
### Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *rato, from Proto-Oceanic *rato.

### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [rˠɑtʲ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /rˠætʲ/
* Bender phonemes: {raj}

### Noun

raj
* whale

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraj/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: raj

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rajь. Doublet of rebus.

#### Noun

raj m inan
* paradise
    Synonyms: eden, rajski ogród
    wrota raju ― gates to paradise
    istny raj ― true paradise
    raj utracony ― paradise lost
    wygnanie z raju ― expulsion from paradise
    raje podatkowe ― tax havens (lit. tax paradises)
* heaven
    Synonyms: niebiosa, niebo
    raj na ziemi ― heaven on earth

##### Derived terms

* rajski
* baju, baju, będziesz w raju
* chciałaby dusza do raju

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

raj
* second-person singular imperative of raić

### Further reading

* raj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* raj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “raj”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

## Romani
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀆 (rāā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan).

### Noun

raj m (nominative plural raja)
* lord, master
* gentleman, Sir, Mr

#### Derived terms

* raikano
* raimàta
* raipen
* rajarel
* rani

### References

* 1 2 3 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rāˊjan”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 618
* 1 2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “raj¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 241b
* 1 2 3 Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o raj II, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 301b

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rajь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rā́ˀjus (“heaven”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /râːj/
* Rhymes: -âːj

### Noun

rȃj m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑ј)
* heaven, paradise
* (figuratively) heaven, paradise (a pleasant place of happiness and joy)
    Svi kažu da je kao raj na zemlji.Everyone says that it's like heaven on earth.

#### Derived terms

* rȃjskī
* rajčica