राज्ञी
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰাজ্ঞী (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬵᬚ᭄ᬜᬷ (Balinese script)
- রাজ্ঞী (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ရာဇ္ဉီ (Burmese script)
- રાજ્ઞી (Gujarati script)
- ਰਾਜ੍ਞੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦴꦘꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ರಾಜ್ಞೀ (Kannada script)
- រាជ្ញី (Khmer script)
- ຣາຊ຺ຎີ (Lao script)
- രാജ്ഞീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢗᠽᡛᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐷 (Newa script)
- ରାଜ୍ଞୀ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢵꢙ꣄ꢛꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖱 (Siddham script)
- රාඥී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩛𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚯 (Takri script)
- ராஜ்ஞீ (Tamil script)
- రాజ్ఞీ (Telugu script)
- ราชฺญี (Thai script)
- རཱ་ཛྙཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨊𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”). Cognate with Latin regina, Old Irish rígan. Related to राजन् (rā́jan, “king”).
Noun
राज्ञी • (rā́jñī) stem, f
- queen, princess, the wife of a king
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 15.10:
- राज्ञ्य्असि प्राची दिग्वसवस्ते देवाऽअधिपतयोऽग्निर्हेतीनां प्रतिधर्ता...
- rājñyasi prācī digvasavaste devāʼadhipatayoʼgnirhetīnāṃ pratidhartā...
- Thou art the Queen, O Eastern region. The bright Vasus are thine overlords. Agni is thy protector from hostile weapons.
- राज्ञ्य्असि प्राची दिग्वसवस्ते देवाऽअधिपतयोऽग्निर्हेतीनां प्रतिधर्ता...
- Central Sanskrit University, Adhunik Sanskrit Sahitya Pustakalaya, āryāṇāmāvāsa
- वैदिक-ऐतिह्यानुसारं मनु:, शतरूपा चेति प्रथमौ राज-राज्ञ्यौ।
- According to Vedic history, Manu and Śatarūpā were the first king and queen.
- वैदिक-ऐतिह्यानुसारं मनु:, शतरूपा चेति प्रथमौ राज-राज्ञ्यौ।
- name of the western quarter or that which contains the Soul of the Universe (ChUp. ?? III, 15 ,2)
- name of the wife of the Sun (Pur.)
- deep-coloured or yellowish-red brass (consisting of three parts of copper to one of zinc or tin) (L.)
- = राज्य (rājyá)
Declension
| Feminine ī-stem declension of राज्ञी (rā́jñī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | राज्ञी rā́jñī |
राज्ञ्यौ / राज्ञी¹ rā́jñyau / rā́jñī¹ |
राज्ञ्यः / राज्ञीः¹ rā́jñyaḥ / rā́jñīḥ¹ |
| Vocative | राज्ञि rā́jñi |
राज्ञ्यौ / राज्ञी¹ rā́jñyau / rā́jñī¹ |
राज्ञ्यः / राज्ञीः¹ rā́jñyaḥ / rā́jñīḥ¹ |
| Accusative | राज्ञीम् rā́jñīm |
राज्ञ्यौ / राज्ञी¹ rā́jñyau / rā́jñī¹ |
राज्ञीः rā́jñīḥ |
| Instrumental | राज्ञ्या rā́jñyā |
राज्ञीभ्याम् rā́jñībhyām |
राज्ञीभिः rā́jñībhiḥ |
| Dative | राज्ञ्यै rā́jñyai |
राज्ञीभ्याम् rā́jñībhyām |
राज्ञीभ्यः rā́jñībhyaḥ |
| Ablative | राज्ञ्याः / राज्ञ्यै² rā́jñyāḥ / rā́jñyai² |
राज्ञीभ्याम् rā́jñībhyām |
राज्ञीभ्यः rā́jñībhyaḥ |
| Genitive | राज्ञ्याः / राज्ञ्यै² rā́jñyāḥ / rā́jñyai² |
राज्ञ्योः rā́jñyoḥ |
राज्ञीनाम् rā́jñīnām |
| Locative | राज्ञ्याम् rā́jñyām |
राज्ञ्योः rā́jñyoḥ |
राज्ञीषु rā́jñīṣu |
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Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “राज्ञी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0875.
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