aracaṉ > rā́jan in other East Indo-European Languages (34)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says the Sanskrit word rā́jan means “chieftain and king.” He also presents the cognates of rā́jan in other East Indo-European languages and dialects:
Pali rājā, raññō; Aśokan, Shāhbāzgaṛhī Rock Inscription of Aśoka and Mānsehrā Rock Inscription of Aśoka raja, raño; Girnār Rock Inscription of Aśoka rājā, rāño; Kālsī Rock Inscription of Aśoka lāja, lājine; Language of the ‘Kharoṣṭhī Inscription discovered by Sir Aurel Stein in Chinese Turkestan’ rajˊa, raya; Prakrit rāā, rāya-; Gypsy European ray; Kati rō; Waigalī erā́-manaṣ; Shina, Gilgitī (dialect of Shina) ra, răǰí, raží; Kohistānī (dialect of Shina) rā; Gurēsī (dialect of Shina) raš; Sindhī rāu, rāi; Panjābī rā, rāu, rāi; West Pahāṛī and Bhiḍlàī (sub-dialect of Bhadrawāhī dialect of West Pahāṛī) rā; Kumaunī rāū; Assamese and Bengali rāy; Oṛiyā rāya, -rā; Maithilī and Bhojpurī rāy; Old Awadhī rāya, rāū; Hindi rāy, rāo, rāyā; Old Mārwāṛī rāya, rāva; Old Gujarātī rā, rāya; Gujarātī rāy, rāv; Marāthī rāy, rāvo; Koṅkaṇī rāyu; Old Sinhalese (Brāhmī) raja, rad, rat; Sinhalese rada.
All these cognates and the following words related to rā́jan originate from Tamil aracaṉ.
rājakula, palace. *rājakulāgāra, royal house. rājakulya, of royal descent. rājana, belonging to a royal family. rājaputrá, king’s son. rājapura, king’s palace. rājamāṣa, the bean, Dolichos catjang. rājamudga-, a kind of bean. *rājāpaṇika, royal market official. rā́jñī, queen. *rājñīvāsa, queen’s quarters. rājyá, kingship. *rājiyá, kingdom, rule. *rājyavāṭa, extent of rule. *rājyādēśa, royal command. uparāja, viceroy. dēvarājá, ruler of the gods. mahārājá, great chieftain, king. yamarāja, king Yama. yuvarāja, crown prince. vanarāja, lion lex. sāmantarāja, border chieftain. paṭṭarājñī, turbaned queen. *nīrājya, absence of rule. rāṣṭrá, kingdom, country. rāṣṭrakūṭa, name of a people. rāṣṭravāsin, inhabitant, subject. rāṣṭrín, possessing a kingdom. *apararāṣṭra, foreign country. *gurjararāṣṭra, kingdom of the Gurjaras. *madrarāṣṭra, country of the Madras. mahārāṣṭra, kingdom. súrāṣṭra, having good dominion.