Where does “ရာဇာ” come from?

ရာဇာ (Burmese) comes from Pali rājan, from Sanskrit राजन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

ရာဇာ (Burmese): king, monarch

Definitions

  1. king, monarch

Ancestry of “ရာဇာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palirājanking, ruler
2Sanskritराजन्a king, sovereign, prince, chief; a man of the...
3Proto-Indo-AryanHrā́ȷ́āking
4Proto-Indo-IranianHrā́ȷ́ā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “ရာဇာ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā →