raja

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

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

raja (plural rajas)

1. Alternative spelling of rajah

AnagramsEdit

• Ajar, ajar

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DutchEdit

NounEdit

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

1. (rare) Alternative form of radja

AnagramsEdit

• jaar

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EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

raja (genitive raja, partitive raja)

1. border

DeclensionEdit

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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FinnishEdit

(index ra)

EtymologyEdit

From a Slavic language, compare Czech kraj.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

raja

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

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

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

CompoundsEdit

• takaraja

AnagramsEdit

• Arja

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IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

NounEdit

raja

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

Coordinate termsEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from raja

• beraja
• beraja-raja
• kerajaan

• meraja
• merajai
• merajakan

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IngrianEdit

NounEdit

raja

1. border
2. boundary

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KarelianEdit

NounEdit

raja

1. rim
2. border

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LatvianEdit

Rajas

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

raja f (4th declension)

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

DeclensionEdit

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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MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• راج‎

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit राजन् (rājan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

PronunciationEdit

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /rad͡ʒə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /rad͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə

NounEdit

raja (Jawi spelling راج, plural raja-raja)

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

SynonymsEdit

• datu / داتو‎

See alsoEdit

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-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

rája f (Cyrillic spelling ра́ја)

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

DeclensionEdit

Declension of raja

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

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From rajar.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈraxa/

NounEdit

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

VerbEdit

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 readingEdit

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