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rañño

rāja

masc dat sg of rāja (noun); masc gen sg of rāja (noun)

1. rañño (masc): to a king; for the king
2. rañño (masc): of the king; king's
3. rañño (masc): when the king
4. rāja (masc): king; sovereign; lord; ruler
5. rāja (masc): name of a daemon; lit. king

Built from

• rāj- — root · rule, govern
  PIE *h₂reg- 'straighten, direct'. Cognates: Latin rex (king), English reach (extend authority). The concrete image is setting things in order, directing them straight.
• -a — ending · masc nom sg stem
  Masculine nominative singular stem marker in -a. The dative rañño and genitive rañño show the oblique stem rañ- with -o ending (dat sg / gen sg).

Etymology. From PIE *h₂reg- 'to rule, direct' (cognate with Latin rex, English reach, Sanskrit rāj-). The root sense is 'to straighten, set in order', hence 'to govern'. No prefix.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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