The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃rḗǵ-ō
- Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*Hrā́ȷ́ā
- Proto-Indo-Aryan · derived from*Hrā́ȷ́ā“king”
- Sanskrit · derived fromराजन्“king, prince”
- Urdu · borrowed fromراجا
- Hindi · borrowed fromराजा
- English todayrajah
Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rex, rex, and roy.
Words from the same roots
Hindiराजा all →
Rajasthan
Sanskritराजन् all →
RaoRaju
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.