Sanskrit rājā is the nominative singular of the consonant stem rājan-.
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rājā
king, sovereign, prince, chief
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedSanskrit · Vedic and Classical Sanskrit · king stemrājan-
king, sovereign, prince, chief
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The inflected form and lexical stem both mean king rather than separate lexical ancestors.
The relation is grammatical morphology inside Sanskrit.
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: rājan and rājaEntries rāja and rājan
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Distinguishes the nominative and compound form from the consonant stem.
Sanskrit as an Indo-European LanguageSelective etymological dictionary, p. 373: rājan m., king
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the Sanskrit king stem in the Indo-European family.
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