Raj

Meanings

Proper Noun

• ; the period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947.
• The whole period of British influence or rule in the Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947.

Noun

• A system of government where authority is exercised by a specific group.

Origin

• Proprialisation of raj, borrowed from Indic
• राज / راج, from Sanskrit राज्य, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Reich, and riche.