Raj
proper nounnounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɹɑːd͡ʒ//
- United Kingdom//ɹɑːʒ//
- United States//ɹɑd͡ʒ//
The whole period of British influence or rule in the Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947.
proper noun
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historicalThe whole period of British influence or rule in the Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947.
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historicalA surname.
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historicalA male given name.
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Variant of British RajhistoricalEllipsis of British Raj, the period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947.
during the Raj
Etymology
Proprialisation of raj (“(India) reign, rule”, noun), borrowed from Hindustani राज / راج (rāj, “reign, rule; empire, kingdom; country, state; royalty”), from Sanskrit राज्य (rājyá, “empire, kingdom, realm; kingship, royalty, sovereignty; country”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right or straighten oneself; to govern, rule; just; right”). Doublet of Reich.
noun
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historicalA system of government where authority is exercised by a specific group.
Licence Raj; Mafia Raj; Goonda Raj
After Gandhiji's Ram Raj, which lived and went with him to the wilderness, it was Goonda Raj everywhere[...]There was nothing that the goonda did not manpiulate. He turned community development blocks into chips of self-aggrandisement. Panchyat Raj was the Pentagon of Goonda Raj.
Concern that the license - permit quota raj was stifling growth focused on the drop in the rate of growth in industry after 1965...
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Variant of RajasthanhistoricalAbbreviation of Rajasthan.
proper noun
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historicalA diminutive of the male given name Rajiv.
Forms
- plural
- Rajs, Rajes
Raj · The whole period of British influence or rule in the Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947.
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