क्षत्रिय

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्ष॒त्रिय॑ (kṣatríya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣatríyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatríyas (“ruler, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to obtain, receive, get”).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʂət̪.ɾɪ.jə/, [kʃɐt̪.ɾi.jɐ]

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क्षत्रिय • (kṣatriya) m

1. kshatriya (the warrior or military caste)

क्षत्रिय • (kṣatriya) m (female equivalent क्षत्रियण)

1. kshatriya (member of the kshatriya caste)

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्ष॒त्रिय॑ (kṣatríya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣatríyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatríyas (“ruler, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to obtain, receive, get”).

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʰʌt̪rie]
• Phonetic Devanagari: छत्रिए

क्षत्रिय • (kṣatriya)

1. kshatriya (the warrior or military caste or a member of this caste)

• क्षत्राणी (kṣatrāṇī, “female kshatriya”)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣatríyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatríyas (“ruler, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to obtain, receive, get”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (xšaθriia), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 (xšāyaθiya, “emperor”) (whence Persian شاه (šâh, “king”)). Related to क्षत्र (kṣatrá, “rule, dominion, authority”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐt.ɾí.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂɐt̪.ɾi.jɐ/

क्ष॒त्रिय॑ • (kṣatríya) stem, m

1. a Kshatriya, a member of the military or reigning order, consisting of kings, warriors and soldiers, which in later times constituted the second highest of the four castes in traditional Indian society
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. the power of a sovereign
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda

क्ष॒त्रिय॑ • (kṣatríya) stem

1. governing, endowed with sovereignty

• क्षत्री (kṣatrī)
• क्षत्राणी (kṣatrāṇī)