रजक

{ rajakḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : धोबी, धोबी

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A washerman. रजकी f S A washerwoman.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  A washerman.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : धोबी

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. धोबी ; परीट . रजक अंत्यज अत्यंत । आतळे त्यासि अधःपात । - एभा ७ . १९० . [ सं . ] रजकी - स्त्री . धोबीण ; परटीण .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रजक  m.  m. a washerman (so called from his cleaning or whitening clothes; regarded as a degraded caste; accord. to [L.] either ‘the son of a पार-धेनुक and a ब्राह्मणी’ or ‘the son of a निष्ठ्य and an उग्री’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
शुक   a parrot or a garment ( or अंशुक), [L.]
राजक    N. of a king, [VP.] ( prob. w.r. for )

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

रजकः [rajakḥ]   [रञ्ज्-ण्वुल् नलोपः]
A washerman.
A parrot.
की A washerwoman; also रजिका in this sense.
The wife of a washerman.
An epithet of a woman on the third day of her courses.

Shabda-Sagara

रजक  m.  ( -कः)
1. A washerman.
2. Cloth, clothes.
 f.  ( -की) A washer- man's wife or a washer-woman.
E. रञ्ज् to colour, (clothes,) ष्वुन् or क्कुन् aff.; or रण्ज्-ण्वुल् न लोपः in the latter case the fem. is रजिका a washer-woman, and रजकी a washer-woman's wife.

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रञ्ज् ष्वुन् क्कुन् रण्ज्-ण्वुल् न लोपः रजिका रजकी