Where does “rajas” come from?

Rajas comes from Sanskrit रजस्, derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hráȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hráǰas, from Proto-Indo-European h₁régʷos with the nominative suffix -os.

rajas (English): plural of raja; One of the three gunas in Hindu...

Definitions

  1. plural of raja; One of the three gunas in Hindu...

Ancestry of “rajas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritरजस्darkness; dimness; darkening quality
2Proto-Indo-AryanHráȷ́as—
3Proto-Indo-IranianHráǰas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁régʷosdarkness
5Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “rajas”

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