Hindi

Noun

राष्ट्र • ‎(rāṣṭra) m ‎(Urdu spelling راشٹر)

1. nation

   दूसरा विश्वयुद्ध के दौरान, स्पेन तटस्थ राष्ट्र था।

   During the Second World War, Spain was a neutral nation.

See also

• महाराष्ट्र ‎(mahā-rāṣṭra)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “राष्ट्र”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Nepali

Noun

राष्ट्र • ‎(rāṣṭra), pronounced रास्ट्र (rāsṭra)

1. nation, country

Sanskrit

Etymology

From राज् ‎(rāj)

Noun

राष्ट्र • ‎(rāṣṭra) n, m

1. (fr. √ राज्; g. अर्धर्चादि; m. only MBh. xiii, 3050) a kingdom (Mn. vii, 157 one of the 5 प्रकृतिs of the state), realm, empire, dominion, district, country.

Noun

राष्ट्र • ‎(rāṣṭra) m

1. a people, nation, subjects.
2. any public calamity (as famine, plague, etc.), affliction.
3. name of a king (son of काशि).

Derived terms

• राष्ट्रपति ‎(rāṣṭrapati)
• राष्ट्रीय ‎(rāṣṭrīya)

Descendants

• Telugu: రాష్ట్రము ‎(rāṣṭramu)
• Thai: ราษฎร ‎(râat-sà-dɔɔn)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0879