राज्य सभा

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from राज्य (rājya, “the state”) +‎ सभा (sabhā, “house”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːd͡ʒ.jə sə.bʱɑː/, [ɾäːd͡ʒ.jɐ‿sɐ.bʱäː]
• Hyphenation: राज्य‧स‧भा

Proper noun

राज्य सभा • (rājya sabhā) f (Urdu spelling رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا)

1. Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian parliament)

   Hypernyms: (rare) ऐवान-ए-बाला (aivān-e-bālā), उच्च सदन (ucc sadan)

   Coordinate term: लोकसभा (loksabhā)

Declension

Declension of राज्य सभा (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	राज्य सभा rājya sabhā
oblique	राज्य सभा rājya sabhā
vocative	राज्य सभा rājya sabhā

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “राज्य”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 645
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “राज्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 861
• “राज्य-सभा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.