प्रजा

प्रजा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रजा (prajā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾə.d͡ʒɑː/

Noun

प्रजा • (prajā) f pl (Urdu spelling پرجا‎)

1. subjects

   प्रजा की मत है कि अपने राजा ने देश को लूट लिया है।

   prajā kī mat hai ki apne rājā ne deś ko lūṭ liyā hai.

   The subjects believe that their own king has ransacked the nation.

2. people (as a single entity)

   Synonyms: जनता (jantā), रिआया (riāyā)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-) + ज (ja, “birth, offspring, race”), lit. 'bringing births forth'

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
• প্ৰজা (Assamese script)
• প্রজা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
• પ્રજા (Gujarati script)
• ꦥꦿꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
• ಪ್ರಜಾ (Kannada script)
• ပြဇာ (Burmese script)
• ପ୍ରଜା (Oriya script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ప్రజా (Telugu script)
• པྲཛཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Noun

प्रजा • (prajā) f

1. subject of a king, rule
2. procreation
3. offspring
4. race
5. posterity
6. man, mankind

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रजा
Nom. sg.	प्रजा (prajā)
Gen. sg.	प्रजायाः (prajāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रजा (prajā)	प्रजे (praje)	प्रजाः (prajāḥ)
Vocative	प्रजे (praje)	प्रजे (praje)	प्रजाः (prajāḥ)
Accusative	प्रजाम् (prajām)	प्रजे (praje)	प्रजाः (prajāḥ)
Instrumental	प्रजया (prajayā)	प्रजाभ्याम् (prajābhyām)	प्रजाभिः (prajābhiḥ)
Dative	प्रजायै (prajāyai)	प्रजाभ्याम् (prajābhyām)	प्रजाभ्यः (prajābhyaḥ)
Ablative	प्रजायाः (prajāyāḥ)	प्रजाभ्याम् (prajābhyām)	प्रजाभ्यः (prajābhyaḥ)
Genitive	प्रजायाः (prajāyāḥ)	प्रजयोः (prajayoḥ)	प्रजानाम् (prajānām)
Locative	प्रजायाम् (prajāyām)	प्रजयोः (prajayoḥ)	प्रजासु (prajāsu)

Derived terms

• प्रजाकल्प (prajākalpa, “the time of creation”)
• प्रजाकामा (prajākāmā, “desiring offspring”)
• प्रजातन्तु (prajātantu, “a line of descendants, a race”)

Descendants

• → Thai: ประชา (bprà-chaa, “people”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “प्रजा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 658.