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Q: What words and names end in j?


A:

Following is a compilation of words ending in j from various
dictionaries.  Capitalized words and words marked as foreign
are included, but to keep the list to a managable size,
personal and place names are excluded.


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 aflaj	 plural of falaj (Cham)
 benj	 variant of bhang - hemp plant (NI2)
 bhimraj	 the rachet-tailed drongo (F&W)
 Bhumij	 branch of Munda tribes in India (NI3)
 Chuj	 a people of Northwestern Guatemala (NI3)
 Cluj     of the kind or style prevalent in Cluj, Romania (NI3)
 esraj	 an Indian musical instrument with 3 or 4 strings (OED2)
 falaj    a water channel as part of the ancient irrigation
	 system of Oman (Cham)
 Funj	 variant of Fung - a people dominant in Sennar (NI3)
 gaj	 Omanese coin (NI2)
 genj	 a common type of cotton cloth in Sudan (F&W)
 gunj	 a grannery in India (NI2)
 hadj	 variant of hajj (NI3)
 haj	 variant of hajj (NI3)
 hajilij	 the bito - a small scrubby tree that grows in dry
	 parts of Africa and Asia (NI2)
 hajj	 pilgimage to Mecca (NI3)
 hij	 obsolete form of hie or high (OED2)
 Jubaraj	 variant of Yuvaraja - the male heir to an Indian
	 pricipality (OED2)
 kaleej	 variant of kalij (NI3)
 kalij	 any of several crested Indian pheasants (NI3)
 kankrej	 guzerat - a breed of Indian cattle (NI3)
 kharaj	 a tax on unbelievers (NI2)
 Khawarij plural of Kharijite - a member of the oldest
	 religious sect of Islam (NI3)
 khiraj	 variant of kharaj (NI2)
 kilij	 a Turkish saber with a crescent shaped blade (RHD)
 kurunj	 variant of kurung - the Indian beech (NI2)
 Maharaj	 variant of Maharaja - East Indian prince (OED2)
 munj	 a tough Asiatic grass (NI3)
 naranj	 Maldive Island name for mancala - an Arabian board
	 game (CD)
 pakhawaj a doubleheaded drum used in Indian music (OED2)
 raj	 rule (NI3)
 saj	 the Indian laurel (NI2)
 samaj	 Hindu religious society (NI3)
 sohmaj	 variant of samaj (NI2)
 somaj	 variant of samaj (NI2)
 svaraj	 variant of swaraj (F&W)
 swaraj	 local self-government in India (NI3)
 taj	 a tall conical cap worn by Moslems (NI3)
 tedj	 variant of tej (OED2)
 tej	 Ethiopian mead (OED2)
 Viraj	 in Hindu Mythology, the mysterious primeval being
	 when differentiating itself into male and female (F&W)
 Yuvaraj	 same as Jubaraj (OED2)
 Yuveraj	 same as Jubaraj (OED2)
 Yuvraj	 same as Jubaraj (OED2)
 zij	 Persian astronomical tables (F&W)
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This list is almost certainly not complete.  For example, on
page 187 of Beyond Language, Dmitri Borgmann has "Udruj" in a
word list.  What reference he dug this word out of is unknown;
the combined efforts of the NPL electronic mailing list could
not produce the source of this word.  So additions to this list
will be welcomed by the author.


REFERENCES

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 CD - The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1911
 Cham - Chambers English Dictionary, 1988
 F&W - Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Dictionary of the English
      Language, 1941
 NI2 - Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition,
      1942
 NI3 - Webster's Third New International Dictionary, 1981
 OED2 - Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
 RHD - Random House Dictionary of the English Language, 1966
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