raj

a word from vocabulary Selice Romani by Viktor Elšík  
Word form raj
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning gentleman, educated and/or wealthy person; master, lord
Czech translation pán
Hungarian translation úr
Grammatical info noun, masculine
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age Old Indo-Aryan [9] (-1900–-500)
Early Romani reconstruction *raj M
Boretzky & Igla's etymology 241: < Prakrit rāā < OIA rājan-; cf. Hindi rāy ‘König’
Mānušs et al. etymology 108: < OIA rāja and rādžan ‘rajah, sovereignł lord’; cf. Hindi rāj
Vekerdi's etymology 139: < Sanskrit rājan [T]
Turner's etymology 10679