rajah

English

Alternative forms

• raja

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rex, rex, and roy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑː.ʒə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒə, -ɑːʒə

Noun

rajah (plural rajahs)

1. A Hindu prince or ruler in India.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.

Coordinate terms

• rani (“wife of a rajah”)

Related terms

• maharaja m
• raj
• rajbari
• Rajput

 

Translations

Hindu prince

• Arabic: رَاجَا m (rājā)
• Assamese: ৰাজা (raza)
• Belarusian: раджа́ m (radžá)
• Bengali: রাজা (bn) (raja)
• Bulgarian: ра́джа m (rádža)
• Burmese: ရာဇ (my) (raja.)
• Catalan: raja (ca) m, rajà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉賈／拉贾 (lājiǎ), 羅闍／罗阇 (luódū), 拉惹 (lārě)

• Czech: rádža m
• Esperanto: raĝo
• Finnish: radža
• German: Raja (de) m, Radscha (de) m, Radja (de), Rajah (de)
• Gujarati: રાજા (gu) m (rājā)
• Hebrew: רָגָ׳ה m (raja)
• Hindi: राजा (hi) m (rājā)
• Hungarian: rádzsa (hu)
• Italian: ragià m
• Japanese: ラージャー (rājā)
• Kannada: ರಾಜಾ (rājā)
• Khmer: រាជ (km) (riəc), រាជា (km) (riəciə)
• Korean: 라자 (raja)
• Lao: ລາຊາ (lā sā)
• Macedonian: раџа m (radža)
• Malay: raja (ms)
• Malayalam: രാജാ (ml) (rājā), രാജാവു് (rājāvŭŭ)
• Marathi: राजा m (rājā)
• Nepali: राजा (ne) (rājā)
• Odia: ରାଜା (or) (raja)
• Pali: rājan
• Pashto: راجا (ps) m
• Persian: راجا (fa) (râjâ), راجه (fa) (râje)
• Polish: radża (pl) m
• Portuguese: rajá m
• Punjabi: ਰਾਜਾ (rājā)
• Russian: ра́джа (ru) m (rádža), раджа́ (ru) m (radžá)
• Sanskrit: राजा (sa) m (rājā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̏џа m

  Roman: rȁdža (sh) m

• Sinhalese: රජ (si) (raja)
• Spanish: rajá (es) m
• Swedish: raja (sv) c, radja (sv) c
• Tagalog: raha (tl)
• Tamil: ராஜா (ta) (rājā)
• Telugu: రాజా (te) (rājā), రాజు (te) (rāju)
• Thai: ราชา (th) (raa-chaa)
• Ukrainian: раджа́ m (radžá)
• Urdu: راجا m (rājā)
• Yiddish: ראַדזשאַ m (radzha)

Further reading

• raja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rey and its derived surnames.

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒɐ/

Notes: Also sometimes pronounced as /ˈrahɐ/, inspired by Spanish orthography.

Noun

rajah

1. (historical) the ruler of the Indianized rajahnate polities of the Philippines, e.g. the Rajahnate of Cebu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rajah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrad͡ʒah]
• Hyphenation: ra‧jah

Noun

rajah (plural rajah-rajah, first-person possessive rajahku, second-person possessive rajahmu, third-person possessive rajahnya)

1. amulet, talisman

   Synonyms: azimat, amulet, jimat

2. palmar crease

   Synonyms: guratan tangan, retak tangan

3. tattoo

   Synonyms: tato, cacah, kirung

4. figure (image)

   Synonyms: bagan, gambar

Synonyms

• cacah (uncommon)
• kirung (specifically on body)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• merajah [agent focus] (meN-)

Further reading

• “rajah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

rajah

1. Romanization of ꦫꦗꦃ

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒah/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah, -d͡ʒah, -ah

Noun

rajah (Jawi spelling راجه, plural rajah-rajah, informal 1st possessive rajahku, 2nd possessive rajahmu, 3rd possessive rajahnya)

1. diagram; figure
2. writings or sketchings used as a talisman

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• merajah [agent focus] (meN-)
• merajahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• gambar rajah

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒah/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒah
• Hyphenation: ra‧jah

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit रज (raja, “passion, emotion, affection”).

Noun

rajah

1. lust, passion

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦫꦗꦃ (rajah) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

rajah

1. line
2. figure

Derived terms

• araja-rajah
• arajah
• raja-rajahan

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦫꦗꦃ (rajah) (inherited)

Further reading

• "rajah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Portuguese

Noun

rajah m (plural rajahs)

1. Archaic spelling of rajá.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rajah.

Noun

rajah m (plural rajahi)

1. rajah

Declension

Declension of rajah

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rajah	rajahul	(niște) rajahi	rajahii
genitive/dative	(unui) rajah	rajahului	(unor) rajahi	rajahilor
vocative	rajahule		rajahilor