𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Sanskrit राजन् (rājan)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (rājā)

Inherited from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

Noun

𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (rājā) m

1. king

Declension

Declension of 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (Girnar)
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (rājā)	—
Vocative	—	—
Accusative	—	—
Instrumental	𑀭𑀸𑀜 (rāña)	—
Dative	—	—
Ablative	—	—
Genitive	𑀭𑀸𑀜𑁄 (rāño)	—
Locative	—	—
Note: Many of these forms may be unattested.

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar, Nittur, Panguraria and Udegolam.

Dialectal forms of 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (“king”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀮𑀸𑀚𑀸 (lājā)
	Delhi-Topra	𑀮𑀸𑀚𑀸 (lājā)
	Panguraria	𑀭𑀸𑀚 (rāja)	𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 nom.sg (rājā)
East	Dhauli	𑀮𑀸𑀚𑀸 (lājā)
	Jaugada	𑀮𑀸𑀚𑀸 (lājā)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨪𐨩 (raya), 𐨪𐨗 (raja)
	Mansehra	𐨪𐨗 (raja)
West	Girnar	𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (rājā)
South	Udegolam	𑀭𑀸𑀚 (rāja)	𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 nom.sg (rājā)
	Nittur	𑀭𑀸𑀚 (rāja)	𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 nom.sg (rājā)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (“king”)
𑀮𑀸𑀚𑀸 (lājā) (4) 𑀭𑀸𑀚 (rāja) (3) 𐨪𐨗 (raja) (2) 𐨪𐨩 (raya) (1) 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (rājā) (1)

References

• Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) “rāja-”, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 165

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rājā (Latin script)
• राजा (Devanagari script)
• রাজা (Bengali script)
• රාජා (Sinhalese script)
• ရာဇာ or ရႃၹႃ (Burmese script)
• ราชา (Thai script)
• ᩁᩣᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣາຊາ (Lao script)
• រាជា (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄂𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸

1. Brahmi script form of rājā, which is inflection of 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀦𑁆:
   1. nominative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (rājan, “king”)