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Raj

राज

Say it RAAJ

Meaning today: King, kingdom, rule
Original meaning: "a king, sovereign, chief; the best of its kind" Monier-Williams, p. 872
Say it: RAAJ
Written: राज
Other spellings: Raaj
First sound: रा · Tula rashi

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Raj meaning

Raj (राज) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, रा, it is a Tula rashi name (Chitra nakshatra) in the North Indian table.

A king, sovereign, chief; the best of its kind

Also used to mean: kingdom, rule

Raj (राज) comes from Sanskrit rāja, the form that rājan, "king", takes at the end of compounds, as in mahārāja, "great king". Monier-Williams gives it as a king, sovereign or chief, and also the best of its kind, so a word like gajarāja is "king of elephants". In Hindi rāj also means rule or kingdom, from the related Sanskrit rājya, which is why name lists give both "king" and "kingdom". Raj works on its own and as the first or last part of many names, such as Rajesh, Rajveer and Yuvraj, and is used by Hindu, Sikh and Jain families.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 872 · entry rāja (for rājan) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, rāja, p. 872 · Wikipedia, Raj Kapoor