maharaja

English

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Alternative forms

• maharajah

Etymology

From Hindi महा राजा (mahārāja), from Sanskrit mahārāja, compound of महा (mahā, “great”) and राजन् (rājan, “king”). First used in English in 1698.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.dʒə, ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.dʒɑ
• Rhymes: -ɑːdʒə

Noun

maharaja (plural maharajas)

1. A Hindu prince ranking above a raja.

Coordinate terms

• maharani

Translations

a Hindu prince ranking above a raja

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大君 (cmn) (dàjūn)

• Czech: mahárádža (cs) m
• Dutch: maharadja (nl) m
• Finnish: maharadža (fi), maharadja (fi)
• French: maharadja (fr) m
• German: Maharadscha (de) m
• Hindi: महा राजा (hi) (mahārāja), महाराजा (hi) (mahārājā) m
• Hungarian: maharadzsa (hu)

• Japanese: マハラジャ (ja) (maharaja), マハーラージャ (ja) (mahārāja)
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• Persian: مهاراجه (fa) (mahârâje)
• Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: махараджа (ru) (maxarádža) m
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: مہاراجہ (ur) (mahārāja) m

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Finnish

Noun

maharaja

1. Alternative form of maharadža.

Declension

Declension of maharaja (type kala) singular plural nominative maharaja maharajat genitive maharajan maharajojen maharajain1 partitive maharajaa maharajoja accusative maharaja maharajan maharajat inessive maharajassa maharajoissa elative maharajasta maharajoista illative maharajaan maharajoihin adessive maharajalla maharajoilla ablative maharajalta maharajoilta allative maharajalle maharajoille essive maharajana maharajoina translative maharajaksi maharajoiksi instructive – maharajoin abessive maharajatta maharajoitta comitative – maharajoineen 1) Rare.