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raj

[ rahj ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)
  1. (in India) rule, especially the British rule prior to 1947.


Raj

1

/ rɑːdʒ /

noun

  1. the Raj
    the British government in India before 1947
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


raj

2

/ rɑːdʒ /

noun

  1. (in India) government; rule
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of raj1

1790–1800; < Hindi rāj < Pali, Prakrit rajja < Sanskrit rājya kingdom, rule
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Word History and Origins

Origin of raj1

C19: from Hindi, from Sanskrit rājya , from rājati he rules
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Example Sentences

During the colonial period the Punjabi Muslims formed the prized martial class for the British Raj.

He was like some cryptic English-Chekhovian figure, playing out the last days of his private, imagined Raj.

Then a guy named Raj flashed not what was in his pants, but what was in his heart.

I asked Raj what he found most compelling about his recent visit to Swartland.

Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the hedge fund Galleon Group, pursued a Wall Street lifestyle.

“The British Raj is doomed,” she muttered, lowering her voice, and bringing her magnificent eyes close to his.

In an Indian prison, out of the jurisdiction of the British Raj, and with her two small hands and woman's mind she must free him!

In six days he would be beyond the hand of the meddling British Raj, in his own country.

Here was the long delayed opportunity for the hand of the British Raj: a captive white woman.

He was lazy, and there was the damnable, unrelenting hand of the British Raj looming in the distance.

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