Rajpoot

Variant of Rajput

noun

a member of a Hindu people, a former ruling caste of northern India
also sp. Rajpoot

Origin: Hindi rājpūt, prince < Sans rājaputra < rājan, king (see rajah) + putra, son < IE base *pu-, small, child > poultry

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