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
- plural of raja; One of the three gunas in Hindu...
Ancestry of “rajas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | रजस् | darkness; dimness; darkening quality |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hráȷ́as | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hráǰas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁régʷos | darkness |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
Words derived from “rajas”