राजा
HindiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit राजा (rājā), nominative singular of राजन् (rājan). Doublet of राय (rāy), राणा (rāṇā), and राना (rānā).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
राजा • (rājā) m (Urdu spelling راجا)
- king, monarch, sovereign, ruler
- यथा राजा तथा प्रजा। ― yathā rājā tathā prajā. ― As is the king, so are his subjects.
- (chess or cards) king
Usage notesEdit
DeclensionEdit
Declension of राजा (masc unmarked ā-stem)
See alsoEdit
Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text) | |||||
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राजा (rājā), बादशाह (bādśāh) | वज़ीर (vazīr), रानी (rānī), मंत्री (mantrī), बेगम (begam) | हाथी (hāthī), कश्ती (kaśtī), रुख़ (rux) | ऊँट (ū̃ṭ), फ़ील (fīl) | घोड़ा (ghoṛā) | प्यादा (pyādā), पैदल (paidal), सिपाही (sipāhī) |
ReferencesEdit
- Platts, John T. (1884), “राजा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
NepaliEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
राजा • (rājā)
See alsoEdit
Chess pieces in Nepali · बुद्धिचालको गोटीहरू (buddhicālko goṭīharū) (layout · text) | |||||
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राजा (rājā) | मन्त्री (mantrī) | हात्ती (hāttī) | उँट (ũṭ) | घोडा (ghoḍā) | सिपाही (sipāhī) |
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Alternative forms
NounEdit
राजा (rājā)
- Devanagari script form of rājā, which is inflection of राजन् (rājan, “king”):
SanskritEdit
NounEdit
राजा • (rājā)
- nominative singular of राजन् (rājan)