राजपुत्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰাজপুত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬵᬚᬧᬸᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• রাজপুত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰢𑰲𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ရာဇပုတြ (Burmese script)
• રાજપુત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਰਾਜਪੁਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦴꦗꦥꦸꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ರಾಜಪುತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• រាជបុត្រ (Khmer script)
• ຣາຊປຸຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• രാജപുത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᢒᡠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘢𑘳𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢗᠽᠠᢒᠤᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧂𑧔𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑐥𑐸𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ରାଜପୁତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢬꢵꢙꢦꢸꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑆥𑆶𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖢𑖲𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• රාජපුත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩛𑩣𑩰𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚞𑚰𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• ராஜபுத்ர (Tamil script)
• రాజపుత్ర (Telugu script)
• ราชปุตฺร (Thai script)
• རཱ་ཛ་པུ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑒣𑒳𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨊𑨥𑨞𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of राजन् (rājan, “king”) +‎ पुत्र (putra, “son”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.d͡ʑɐ.put.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.d͡ʑɐˈput̪.ɾɐ/

Noun

राजपुत्र • (rājaputrá) stem, m

1. the son of a king; a prince
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.40.3:

     प्रा॒तर्ज॑रेथे जर॒णेव॒ काप॑या॒ वस्तो॑र्वस्तोर्यज॒ता ग॑च्छथो गृ॒हम् ।
     कस्य॑ ध्व॒स्रा भ॑वथः॒ कस्य॑ वा नरा राजपु॒त्रेव॒ सव॒नाव॑ गच्छथः ॥

     prātárjarethe jaraṇéva kā́payā vástorvastoryajatā́ gacchatho gṛhám.
     kásya dhvasrā́ bhavathaḥ kásya vā narā rājaputréva sávanā́va gacchathaḥ

     Early at dawn ye sing forth praise as with a herald's voice, and, meet for worship, go each morning to the house.
     Whom do ye ever bring to ruin? Unto whose libations come ye, Heroes, like two Sons of Kings?

   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 13.4.2.5:

     तस्यैते पुरस्ताद्रक्षितार उपकॢप्ता भवन्ति राजपुत्राः कवचिनः शतं राजन्या निषङ्गिणः शतं सूतग्रामण्यां पुत्रा इषुपर्षिणः शतं क्षात्त्रसंग्रहीतॄणाम्पुत्रा दण्डिनः ...

     tasyaite purastādrakṣitāra upakḷptā bhavanti rājaputrāḥ kavacinaḥ śataṃ rājanyā niṣaṅgiṇaḥ śataṃ sūtagrāmaṇyāṃ putrā iṣuparṣiṇaḥ śataṃ kṣāttrasaṃgrahītṝṇāmputrā daṇḍinaḥ ...

     In front (of the worshipping place) there are those protectors of it ready at hand,--to wit, a hundred royal princes, clad in armour; a hundred warriors armed with swords; a hundred sons of heralds and headmen, bearing quivers filled with arrows; and a hundred sons of attendants and charioteers, bearing staves...

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of राजपुत्र (rājaputrá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	राजपुत्रः rājaputráḥ	राजपुत्रौ / राजपुत्रा¹ rājaputraú / rājaputrā́¹	राजपुत्राः / राजपुत्रासः¹ rājaputrā́ḥ / rājaputrā́saḥ¹
Vocative	राजपुत्र rā́japutra	राजपुत्रौ / राजपुत्रा¹ rā́japutrau / rā́japutrā¹	राजपुत्राः / राजपुत्रासः¹ rā́japutrāḥ / rā́japutrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	राजपुत्रम् rājaputrám	राजपुत्रौ / राजपुत्रा¹ rājaputraú / rājaputrā́¹	राजपुत्रान् rājaputrā́n
Instrumental	राजपुत्रेण rājaputréṇa	राजपुत्राभ्याम् rājaputrā́bhyām	राजपुत्रैः / राजपुत्रेभिः¹ rājaputraíḥ / rājaputrébhiḥ¹
Dative	राजपुत्राय rājaputrā́ya	राजपुत्राभ्याम् rājaputrā́bhyām	राजपुत्रेभ्यः rājaputrébhyaḥ
Ablative	राजपुत्रात् rājaputrā́t	राजपुत्राभ्याम् rājaputrā́bhyām	राजपुत्रेभ्यः rājaputrébhyaḥ
Genitive	राजपुत्रस्य rājaputrásya	राजपुत्रयोः rājaputráyoḥ	राजपुत्राणाम् rājaputrā́ṇām
Locative	राजपुत्रे rājaputré	राजपुत्रयोः rājaputráyoḥ	राजपुत्रेषु rājaputréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Terms inherited from राजपुत्र (rājaputrá)

• Pali: rājaputta
• Prakrit: 𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢 (rāyaütta), 𑀭𑀸𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢 (rāutta)
  • Hindi: रावत (rāvat)
  • Marathi: राऊत (rāūt)
  • Tamil: இராவுத்தர் (irāvuttar), ராகுத்தம்மார் (rākuttammār)
  • Malayalam: റാവുത്തർ (ṟāvuttaṟ), റൗത്തർ (ṟauttaṟ)

  Khasa Prakrit:

  • Nepali: राउत (rāut)

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Assamese: ৰাহুত (rahut)
  • Middle Bengali: রাউত (raut)
    • Bengali: রাউত (raut)
  • Odia: ରାଉତ (rautô)
  • Maithili: rāut

    Devanagari script: राउत (rāut)

    Tirhuta script: 𑒩𑒰𑒅𑒞 (rāuta)

  Maharastri Prakrit:

  • Old Marathi: rāuta

    Devanagari script: राउत

    Modi script: 𑘨𑘰𑘄𑘝

    • Marathi: राऊत (rāūt)

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Old Gujarati: राउत्त (rāutta)
      • Gujarati: રાઊત (rāūta)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani: rāvat

      Hindi: रावत

      Urdu: راوت (rāot)

Semi-learned borrowings from राजपुत्र (rājaputrá)

• → Assamese: ৰাজপুত (razoput) (semi-learned)
• → Bengali: রাজপুত (rajput) (semi-learned)
• → Gujarati: રાજપૂત (rājpūt) (semi-learned)
• → Hindustani: rājpūt (semi-learned)

  Hindi: राजपूत

  Urdu: راجْپُوت (rājpūt)

  • → English: Rajput
  • → Hungarian: rádzsput
• → Maithili: rājpūt (semi-learned)

  Devanagari script: राजपूत

  Tirhuta script: 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑒣𑒴𑒞

• → Marwari: राजपूत (rājpūt) (semi-learned)
• → Nepali: राजपूत (rājapūt) (semi-learned)
• → Odia: ରାଜପୁତ (rajôputô) (semi-learned)
• → Punjabi: rājpūt (semi-learned)

  Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਜਪੂਤ

  Shahmukhi script: راجپُوت

• → Sindhi: (semi-learned)

  Arabic script: راجپوُت, رَجِپوُتُ, رَجِڀوُتُ

  Sindhi: रज्भूतु

Learned borrowings from राजपुत्र (rājaputrá)

• → Assamese: ৰাজপুত্ৰ (razoputro)
• → Bengali: রাজপুত্র (rajputro)
• → Gujarati: રાજપુત્ર (rājputra)
• → Hindustani: rājputra

  Hindi: राजपुत्र

  Urdu: رَاج پُتْر (rāj putr)

• → Kannada: ರಾಜಪುತ್ರ (rājaputra)
• → Malayalam: രാജപുത്രന് (rājaputraṉ)
• → Marathi: राजपुत्र (rājputra)
• → Odia: ରାଜପୁତ୍ର (rajôputrô)
• → Tamil: இராசபுத்திரன் (irācaputtiraṉ)
• → Telugu: రాజపుత్రుడు (rājaputruḍu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “राजपुत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 873, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rājaputrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 618