raj

IPA: rˈɑʒ

(South Asia) Reign; rule.
(proscribed) The whole period of British influence or rule in the Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947.
A surname.
A male given name.
(by extension from the proper noun) A system of government where authority is exercised by a specific group.
A diminutive of the male given name Rajiv.
Short for British Raj; the period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947. [(historical) The period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947.]
(India, journalism) Abbreviation of Rajasthan. [A state in northwestern India, created in 1949 and replacing the former province of Rajputana. Capital: Jaipur.]

Examples of "raj" in Sentences

But we will fight to end this jungle raj which is destroying all democratic principles. "
He argued that the unitary centre of the raj was a British construction and would stand dissolved at the moment of decolonization.
Next came the “license raj,” the system of government permits that regulated who could set up a new business or offer a new product.
I have a doubt, a non root user 'raj' has file permissions of / bin / chmod as 755, then why cant he change the permissions of / tmp (1777) with chmod?
This was the first time that I have read the term "license raj," but anyone familiar with the India of the 1950's through the 1980's, knows how misguided socialism held them back for decades.
"This shows what kind of a Mussolini 'raj' (rule) is prevalent in Maharashtra," Thackeray said, referring to the Italian dictator who ruled Italy with an iron grip in the pre-World War-II years.
When English speakers borrowed "raj" around 1800, they used exactly the same spelling and meaning as its Hindi parent (the Hindi word in turn traces to an older term that is related to the Sanskrit word for "king").