raja

See also: Raja, rajá, rája, rajā, rāja, and rājā

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English

Noun

raja (plural rajas)

1. Alternative spelling of rajah

Anagrams

• Ajar, ajar

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Dutch

Noun

raja m (plural raja's, diminutive rajaatje n)

1. (rare) Alternative form of radja

Anagrams

• jaar

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Estonian

Etymology

Either from Old East Slavic краи (krai), or a newer loan from Russian край (kraj).

Noun

raja (genitive raja, partitive raja)

1. border

Declension

Inflection of raja (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	raja	rajad
accusative	raja	rajad
genitive	raja	rajade
partitive	raja	rajasid
illative	rajja rajasse	rajadesse
inessive	rajas	rajades
elative	rajast	rajadest
allative	rajale	rajadele
adessive	rajal	rajadel
ablative	rajalt	rajadelt
translative	rajaks	rajadeks
terminative	rajani	rajadeni
essive	rajana	rajadena
abessive	rajata	rajadeta
comitative	rajaga	rajadega

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Finnish

(index ra)

Etymology

From a Slavic language (compare Czech kraj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɑjɑ]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ

Noun

raja

1. (geographically) boundary (line), border(line), frontier; a (city) limit; a (county) line
2. (socially; mentally) limit, bound, confine
3. (sports) line

Declension

Inflection of raja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		raja	rajat
genitive		rajan	rajojen
partitive		rajaa	rajoja
illative		rajaan	rajoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		raja	rajat
accusative	nom.	raja	rajat
	gen.	rajan
genitive		rajan	rajojen rajainrare
partitive		rajaa	rajoja
inessive		rajassa	rajoissa
elative		rajasta	rajoista
illative		rajaan	rajoihin
adessive		rajalla	rajoilla
ablative		rajalta	rajoilta
allative		rajalle	rajoille
essive		rajana	rajoina
translative		rajaksi	rajoiksi
instructive		—	rajoin
abessive		rajatta	rajoitta
comitative		—	rajoineen

Derived terms

• adjectives: rajallinen, rajaton
• verbs: rajata, rajoittaa

Compounds

• takaraja

Anagrams

• Arja

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Indonesian

Etymology

from Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ĵā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Noun

raja (plural raja-raja, first-person possessive rajaku, second-person possessive rajamu, third-person possessive rajanya)

1. king
2. (chess) king
3. (card games) king

Coordinate terms

• (monarch):
  • ratu (“queen”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • putri (“princess”)
  • pangeran (“prince”)
  • sultan, bupati, kaisar (“emperor”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

• beraja [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• meraja [agent focus] (meN-)
• merajai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• merajakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• kerajaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Further reading

• “raja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Ingrian

Noun

raja

1. border
2. boundary

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Karelian

Noun

raja

1. rim
2. border

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Latvian

Rajas

Pronunciation

Noun

raja f (4th declension)

1. ray, stingray (fish with a flat body and a pointed tail (superorder Batoidea))

Declension

Declension of raja (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	raja	rajas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	raju	rajas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rajas	raju
dative (datīvs)	rajai	rajām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	raju	rajām
locative (lokatīvs)	rajā	rajās
vocative (vokatīvs)	raja	rajas

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Malay

Etymology

from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ĵā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə

Noun

raja (Jawi spelling راج‎, plural raja-raja, informal first-person possessive rajaku, informal second-person possessive rajamu, third-person possessive rajanya)

1. king (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation)
2. (chess) king (a playing piece in chess)

Synonyms

• datu / داتو‎ (archaic)

Coordinate terms

• (monarch):
  • ratu (“queen”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • puteri (“princess”)
  • putera (“prince”)
  • sultan, maharaja (“emperor”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

• beraja [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berajakan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)
• meraja [agent focus] (meN-)
• merajai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• merajakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• kerajaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur (buah + catur), بواه چاتور‎ (بواه + چاتور‎) (layout · text)
raja, راج‎	menteri منتري‎	tir, benteng تير‎, بينتيڠ‎	gajah, ݢاجه‎	kuda, کودا‎	bidak, piadak, pion بيدق‎ڤيادق‎, ڤيون‎

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رعایا‎ (re'aya), from Arabic رَعَايَا‎ (raʿāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة‎ (raʿiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǎːja/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

Noun

rája f (Cyrillic spelling ра́ја)

1. (historical, collectively) commoners, rayah
2. (slang, collectively) a band, group, notably of friends
3. (slang, collectively) a crowd

Declension

Declension of raja

	singular
nominative	raja
genitive	raje
dative	raji
accusative	raju
vocative	rajo
locative	raji
instrumental	rajom

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Spanish

Etymology

From rajar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraxa/

Noun

raja f (plural rajas)

1. A slit, crack, gash
2. A slice (of melon, watermelon, lemon, sausage)
3. splinter (of wood)
4. (vulgar, slang) A cunt
5. (vulgar) ass (buttocks), anus

Verb

raja

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rajar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rajar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rajar.

Further reading

• “raja” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.