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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ṣṭi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́šti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (to straighten; right). Cognate with Latin regō (to rule; to direct; to steer; to manage).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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राष्टि (rā́ṣṭi) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root राज्) (Vedic)

  1. to direct, to steer
  2. to rule, to reign, govern

Conjugation

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The only attestations are 3sg. indicative राष्टि (rāṣṭi) and 3sg. injunctive राट् (rāṭ), so it is strictly speaking unknown whether the weak stem was रज्- (raj-) or राज्- (rāj-).

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