Rajput
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Rajput
< Hindi, equivalent to Sanskrit rāj king ( see raj) + putra son
Example Sentences
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Ms. Truschke rejects such a “harmful” and inaccurate organization of India’s chronology, pointing, for instance, to the “numerous Maratha, Rajput, and Nayaka lineages”—all staunchly non-Muslim—that ruled during the so-called Muslim period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Chakraborty, who had been dating Rajput for a year and was living with him, had gone to live with her parents a few days before his death.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
“There really shouldn’t be a problem for Dr. Biden,” said Ashwani Rajput, director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Washington.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
Look for the Rajput miniature paintings and Qajar paintings from Iran.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
History.—In the 15th century the territory which now forms the state of Bikanir was occupied by Rajput clans, partly Jats, partly Mahommedans.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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