[rāj], m. a king, ruler, mason, stoneworker.
[←OIA rā́jan- m. ‘chieftain, king’, rājaká- m. ‘petty chief’ RV. <√rāj ‘rule’ ◀PIE *reĝ- ‘to make right, move in a straight line; chief, king’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. right, rich ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. realm, regime, region, royal, regulate, rule ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0579; (Turner, 1966) 10679, p.618; (MW, 1899) 0872; (Pokorny, 1959) 0854; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.444
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