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单词 rajput
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Rajputn.adj.

Brit. /ˈrɑːdʒpʊt/, U.S. /ˈrɑdʒˌpʊt/
Forms:

α. 1500s Resboate, 1500s Resbouto, 1500s Resbuto, 1500s Reysbuto, 1500s–1700s Rasbut, 1600s Rasboote, 1600s Rasboute, 1600s Rashboote, 1600s Rashbote, 1600s Rashbout, 1600s Rashpoote, 1600s Reisboot, 1600s Resbooch, 1600s Resboot, 1600s Resbute, 1600s Resbuti (plural), 1600s Reshpout, 1600s–1700s Rashboot, 1600s–1700s Rashpoot, 1700s Rasboot, 1700s Raspoute, 1700s Rasspout.

β. 1600s Ratspuche, 1600s Razboch, 1600s Razbooch, 1600s Razbootch, 1600s Razbootes.

γ. 1600s Ragipou, 1700s Raijpout, 1700s Rajahpout, 1700s Rajahput, 1700s Rajahpute, 1700s Rajapoot, 1700s Rajapute, 1700s Rajepoote, 1700s Rajeput, 1700s–1800s Rajahpoot, 1700s–1800s Rajaput, 1700s–1800s Rajepoot, 1700s–1800s Rajpute, 1700s– Rajpoot, 1700s– Rajput, 1800s Rajapoote, 1800s Raujepoot.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit rājaputra.
Etymology: < Sanskrit rājaputra (also with vernacular pronunciation rājpūt , perhaps influenced by Hindi pūt son) < rāja- , combining form of rājan king (see raja n.1) + putra son, of uncertain origin. Compare French †ragipou (1676 in the passage translated in quot. 1678 at sense A.γ. ), †rajapou , †rasbout (both 1746), †rajepoute (1780), rajpout (19th cent. or earlier), Portuguese resbuto (1516), reisbuto (?1533 as reysbuuto , perhaps influenced by rei , †rey king: see roy n.2), †ragibuto (1635), raiputo , rajaputro (17th cent.), Dutch resbuten , plural (1648 or earlier; apparently < Portuguese; earlier in unassimilated form reijsbutos (1596 in the passage translated in quot. 1598)); also Indian Persian rājpūt (a1627 or earlier), Ottoman Turkish rāšbūt (16th cent.).
A. n.
A member of a Hindu military caste, claiming descent from the four or five original Kshatriyas.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > member of warrior caste or race
myrmidonc1425
Mameluke1511
Nair1582
Rajput1598
Khatri1630
samurai1727
Singh1851
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > of other foreign countries > member of noble or military caste
Nair1582
Rajput1598
Khatri1630
Kshatriyaa1792
Singh1851
samurai1874
α.
1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxvii. 48/2 Reysbutos of Cambaia doe yet liue by robbing and stealing, and those of Cambaia pay tribute to the saide Reysbutos [Du. Reijsbutos].
1615 E. Terry in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) II. ix. vi. 1479 The Rashbootes eate Swines-flesh, most hatefull to the Mahometans.
1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects xi. 82 Hauing many resolute Souldiers to goe on in these attempts of rapine, called Rashpootes, which implyeth as much as the sonnes of Kings.
1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. i. 8 We were by chance accompanied by ten Moors called Rashpoots, who being alwayes brought up in wars never go unarmed.
1704 tr. G. F. Gemelli Careri Voy. round World ii. viii, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. IV. 237/2 The Rasbootis very great Thieves.
1705 J. Harris Navigantium I. xxvii. 145/2 The Resboots, or Gentile Indians..were robbing every-where upon the Road.
1766 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies (ed. 2) I. iv. i. 130 Other tribes of the Gentoo mountaineers, as the Rashpoots, Coolies, and Warrells.
β. ?c1613 P. Copland in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. viii. §1. 467 A Castle kept by the Ratspuches.?c1616 N. Whithington in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. viii. §3. 482 A Castle of the Razbooches (which were before the Mogolls Conquest, the Nobles of that countrey now liuing by robbery).1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. viii. 485 The Mogoll sayes, the Razbootch knowes as well to die as any in the world.γ. 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. i. iv. 34 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. The Ragipou's [Fr. Ragipous], who are the best Souldiers among the Indians.?1734 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) II. 378 Mahomet having assembled five thousand Rajaputes (or Rashboots), who were devoted to his service, he surpriz'd the Emperor one morning in his tent.1742 tr. Compl. Hist. Thamas Kouli Kan ii. 13 Add to these the Ragipouts, who make together no inconsiderable Body.1767 J. Kindersley Lett. (1777) 120 The fighting casts, the principal of which are the Rajapoots and Mahrattars, are an exception to this rule.1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 47/2 A remarkable strong Rajepoot, selected for the purpose.1836 N. Wiseman Lect. Doctr. Catholic Church I. vi. 174 I consider the soul of the meanest and poorest in the lowest caste, equal, in the estimation of God, to that of the Rajpoot.1896 W. Cather Night at Greenway Court in Early Stories (1957) 81 I have nothing left but my diamond that I cut from the hand of a dead Rajpoot, finger and all.1941 E. Linklater Man on my Back vi. 81 An elderly Rajput,..the former Diwan of a Native State, emphatically averred that the social life of Rajputana was exactly the same as that of Scotland.1992 Econ. Times (New Delhi) 25 July (Esquire Suppl.) 3/1 The gallant Rajputs did find time from their virtually endless campaigns to develop a taste for fine arts.
B. adj. (attributive).
Of, relating to, or designating this caste.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adjective] > relating to the nobility > relating to noble person > of member of noble or military caste
Rajput1616
Nair1888
1616 T. Roe Jrnl. 10 Oct. in Embassy to Great Mogul 1899 II. 282 In the handes of a Rashboote Gentile.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. viii. 485 (margin) Funerals. Burning of the Rasbut wiues.
1742 Curious Traveller 306 A Merchant..inform'd us that the Rasbut robbers had, the Day before, done much Damage to a Dutch Company and kill'd six of their men.
1790 Q. Craufurd Sketches Hindoos (new ed.) iv. 96 A thousand Rajahpout seapoys refused to march out of Seringham.
1860 J. L. Krapf Trav. E. Afr. i. ix. 129 Among them a Hindu of the Rajpoot caste..had attended a missionary school at Bombay.
1888 R. Kipling Wressley of Foreign Office in Plain Tales from Hills 263 Dead Rajput chiefs with Ahir blots in their scutcheons.
1937 L. Bromfield Rains Came i. i. 15 He wore an enormous Rajput turban in shades of poison green and violet and candy pink.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VIII. 396/3 Rajput painting, the art of the independent Hindu feudal states in India, as distinguished from the court art of the Mughal emperors.
1997 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 21/2 (advt.) Hindu Punjabi Rajput female, 25yrs, 5'6'', slim, fair complexion, caring, honest and outgoing with a GSOH and very romantic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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