Old Awadhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit रजनीचर (rajanīcara).

Noun

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रजनीचर (rajanīcara)

  1. night-wanderer; demon, rakshasa
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :
      ताहि समय हनुमान महाप्रभु जाय महा रजनीचर मारो ।
      tāhi samaya hanumāna mahāprabhu jāya mahā rajanīcara māro.
      Just then, the Great Lord Hanuman went and killed great demons.