राजवंश

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राजवंश (rājavaṃśa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːd͡ʒ.ʋənʃ/, [ɾäːd͡ʒ.ʋɐ̃ɲʃ]

Noun

राजवंश • (rājvañś) m

1. dynasty (series of rulers from one family)

   Synonym: राजकुल (rājkul)

Declension

Declension of राजवंश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	राजवंश rājvañś	राजवंश rājvañś
oblique	राजवंश rājvañś	राजवंशों rājvañśõ
vocative	राजवंश rājvañś	राजवंशो rājvañśo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰাজৱংশ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬵᬚᬯᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
• রাজবংশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰪𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀯𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ရာဇဝံၐ (Burmese script)
• રાજવંશ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਾਜਵਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌵𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦴꦗꦮꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂫𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ರಾಜವಂಶ (Kannada script)
• រាជវំឝ (Khmer script)
• ຣາຊວໍຨ (Lao script)
• രാജവംശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘪𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢗᠽᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧊𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑐰𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
• ରାଜଵଂଶ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢵꢙꢮꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑆮𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖪𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
• රාජවංශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩛𑩣𑩾𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚦𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
• ராஜவஂஶ (Tamil script)
• రాజవంశ (Telugu script)
• ราชวํศ (Thai script)
• རཱ་ཛ་ཝཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑒫𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨊𑨥𑨭𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of राज (rāja, “king”) +‎ वंश (vaṃśá, “clan”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.d͡ʑɐ.ʋɐ̃.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.d͡ʑɐ.ʋɐ̃.ɕɐ/

Noun

राजवंश • (rājavaṃśa) stem, m

1. a dynasty

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of राजवंश

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	राजवंशः (rājavaṃśaḥ)	राजवंशौ (rājavaṃśau) राजवंशा¹ (rājavaṃśā¹)	राजवंशाः (rājavaṃśāḥ) राजवंशासः¹ (rājavaṃśāsaḥ¹)
vocative	राजवंश (rājavaṃśa)	राजवंशौ (rājavaṃśau) राजवंशा¹ (rājavaṃśā¹)	राजवंशाः (rājavaṃśāḥ) राजवंशासः¹ (rājavaṃśāsaḥ¹)
accusative	राजवंशम् (rājavaṃśam)	राजवंशौ (rājavaṃśau) राजवंशा¹ (rājavaṃśā¹)	राजवंशान् (rājavaṃśān)
instrumental	राजवंशेन (rājavaṃśena)	राजवंशाभ्याम् (rājavaṃśābhyām)	राजवंशैः (rājavaṃśaiḥ) राजवंशेभिः¹ (rājavaṃśebhiḥ¹)
dative	राजवंशाय (rājavaṃśāya)	राजवंशाभ्याम् (rājavaṃśābhyām)	राजवंशेभ्यः (rājavaṃśebhyaḥ)
ablative	राजवंशात् (rājavaṃśāt)	राजवंशाभ्याम् (rājavaṃśābhyām)	राजवंशेभ्यः (rājavaṃśebhyaḥ)
genitive	राजवंशस्य (rājavaṃśasya)	राजवंशयोः (rājavaṃśayoḥ)	राजवंशानाम् (rājavaṃśānām)
locative	राजवंशे (rājavaṃśe)	राजवंशयोः (rājavaṃśayoḥ)	राजवंशेषु (rājavaṃśeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: राजवंश (rājvañś) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “राजवंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 874/1.