different between raj vs zail

English

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (r?j) / ???? (r?j), from Sanskrit ????? (r?jyá, “royalty, kingship, sovereignty, empire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?/, (hyperforeign) /????/
• Rhymes: -??d?
• Homophones: Rog, Raj

Noun

raj (uncountable)

1. (India) reign; rule.

Derived terms

• raja

Anagrams

• JAR, JRA, ajr, jar

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian roj. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *roj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?j]
• Hyphenation: raj
• Rhymes: -?j

Noun

raj (plural rajok)

1. (of bees and other insects) swarm, (of birds) flock
2. (military) squad, section, squadron (with approx. 13 people)

Declension

Coordinate terms

• (collective terms for animals) csapat and sereg (generic), csorda, csürhe, falka, gulya, horda, konda, ménes, nyáj, raj
• (military units) ?rs/t?zcsoport < raj < szakasz < század < zászlóalj < ezred < dandár < hadosztály < hadtest < hadsereg < hadseregcsoport < front

Derived terms

• rajzik

(Compound words):

• hajóraj

References

Further reading

• raj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (ra?y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raj/
• Homophone: rag?aj (one pronunciation)

Noun

raj m

1. opinion
2. one's free will, volition, intent

Usage notes

• Generally used in the construction minn raj- + pronominal suffix. For example: G?amluha minn rajhom. (“They did it voluntarily/deliberately.”)

Marshallese

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *rato, from Proto-Oceanic *rato.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [r??t?]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /r?æt?/
• Bender phonemes: {raj}

Noun

raj

1. whale

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raj/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *raj?.

Noun

raj m inan

1. paradise

2. heaven

Declension

Synonyms

• (paradise): Eden, Rajski Ogród
• (heaven): niebiosa, niebo

Derived terms

• (adjective) rajski

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

raj

1. second-person singular imperative of rai?

Further reading

• raj in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• raj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (r??jan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hr????? (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr?????, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??-?, from *h?r??s (“king”).

Noun

raj m (plural raj)

1. lord
2. king

See also

• raji

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *raj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râ?j/

Noun

r?j m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. heaven, paradise
2. (figuratively) heaven, paradise (a pleasant place of happiness and joy)

Declension

Derived terms

• r?jsk?

English

Noun

zail (plural zails)

1. (India) An administrative unit of two to forty villages during the British Raj in India.

Related terms

• zaildar

Anagrams

• Lazi, Liza, aliz, liza, zila