# राजन्
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* rājan (Latin script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* রাজন্ (Bengali script)
* රාජන් (Sinhalese script)
* ရာဇန် or ရႃၹၼ် (Burmese script)
* ราชนฺ or ราชัน (Thai script)
* ᩁᩣᨩᨶ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
* ຣາຊນ຺ or ຣາຊັນ (Lao script)
* រាជន៑ (Khmer script)
* 𑄢𑄂𑄎𑄚𑄴 (Chakma script)

### Noun

राजन् m
* Devanagari script form of rājan ("king")

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

* ৰাজন্ (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬵᬚᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
* রাজন্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ရာဇန် (Burmese script)
* રાજન્ (Gujarati script)
* ਰਾਜਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦴꦗꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ರಾಜೝ (Kannada script)
* រាជន៑ (Khmer script)
* ຣາຊນ຺ (Lao script)
* രാജന് (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
* ରାଜନ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢵꢙꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
* රාජන් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩛𑩣𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
* ராஜந் (Tamil script)
* రాజౝ (Telugu script)
* ราชนฺ (Thai script)
* རཱ་ཛ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨊𑨥𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō. Cognate with Latin rēx (“king”), Welsh rhi. Also compare राज् (rāj, “king”). By surface analysis, राज् (rāj, “to rule”, root) +‎ -अन् (-an).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐn/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɾɑː.d͡ʑɐn̪/

### Noun

राजन् • (rā́jan) stem, m
* a king, sovereign, prince, chief
    Coordinate term: राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen”)
** c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.36.4:स रा॒यस्खामुप॑ सृजा गृणा॒नः पु॑रुश्च॒न्द्रस्य॒ त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ वस्वः॑ । पति॑र्बभू॒थास॑मो॒ जना॑ना॒मेको॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ राजा॑ ॥sá rāyáskhā́múpa sṛjā gṛṇānáḥ puruścandrásya tvámindra vásvaḥ. pátirbabhūthā́samo jánānāméko víśvasya bhúvanasya rā́jā.Lauded by us, let flow the spring, O Indra, of excellent and brightly-shining riches. For thou art Lord of men, without an equal: of all the world thou art the only King.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya)
** Assamese: ৰায় (ray)
** Bengali: রায় (raẏ)
** Kamta: ৰায় (ray)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀸𑀆 (rāā), 𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya)
** Marathi: राव (rāv)
** → Kannada: ರಾಯ (rāya)
* Pali: rājan
** → Burmese: ရာဇ (raja.)
** → Khmer: រាជ (riəc)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya)
** Old Gujarati: रा (rā), राय (rāya)
*** Gujarati: રાય (rāya), રાવ (rāv)
** Hindi: राय (rāy)
** Romani: raj
* → Assamese: ৰজা (roza)
* → Bengali: রাজা (raja)
* → Dhivehi: ރަދުން (radun̊), ރާއްޖެ (rājje)
* → Proto-South Dravidian: *aracan
** Telugu: అరుసు (arusu), అరసు (arasu)
** Tulu: [script needed] (arasu), [script needed] (arase)
** Kannada: ಅರಸ (arasa), ಅರಸು (arasu)
** Malayalam: അരചൻ (aracaṉ)
** Tamil: அரசன் (aracaṉ)
* → Persian: رای (rây)
* → Gujarati: રાજા (rājā)
** → Vaghri: રાજા (rājā)
* → Hindi: राजा (rājā)
** → French: radjah
*** → Spanish: rajá
**** → Tagalog: raha
**** → Cebuano: raha
* → Kashmiri: राज़ (rāz)
* → Urdu: راجہ
* → Kannada: ರಾಜ (rāja)
* → Lao: ລາຊາ (lā sā)
* → Malayalam: രാജാവ് (rājāvŭ), രാജ (rāja)
* → Malay: raja; (راج)
** Indonesian: raja; van ophuijsen spelling (radja)
** Semai: rajak
** → Tagalog: ladya
** → Tausug: raja
** → Maranao: radia
* → Marathi: राजा (rājā)
* → Nepali: राजा (rājā)
* → Old Javanese: rāja
** > Javanese: ꦫꦗ (raja) (inherited)
** → Balinese: ᬭᬚ (raja)
* → Punjabi: ਰਾਜਾ (rājā)
* → Sindhi: راجا
* → Sinhalese: රජ (raja)
* → Sundanese: raja
* → Tamil: ராஜா (rājā), ராசா (rācā), ராஜன் (rājaṉ), இராஜா (irājā), இராசா (irācā) — standard form
* → Telugu: రాజు (rāju)
* → Thai: ราชา (raa-chaa), ราช (râat)
* → Toba Batak: ᯒᯐ (raja)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “राजन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 874/3, 875/1.