महाराजा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦɑː.ɾɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [mɐ.ɦäː.ɾäː.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

महाराजा • (mahārājā) m (female equivalent महारानी, Urdu spelling مہاراجہ)

1. maharaja, king

Declension

Declension of महाराजा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	महाराजा mahārājā	महाराजे mahārāje
oblique	महाराजे mahārāje	महाराजों mahārājõ
vocative	महाराजे mahārāje	महाराजो mahārājo

Descendants

• → English: maharaja
  • → Hungarian: maharadzsa
  • → Spanish: maharajá
• → Finnish: maharadža
• → Mauritian Creole: maharaja
• → Portuguese: marajá
• → Russian: магара́джа (magarádža)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “महाराजा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 500.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mahārājā (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• মহারাজা (Bengali script)
• මහාරාජා (Sinhalese script)
• မဟာရာဇာ or မႁႃရႃၹႃ (Burmese script)
• มหาราชา or มะหาราชา (Thai script)
• ᨾᩉᩣᩁᩣᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຫາຣາຊາ or ມະຫາຣາຊາ (Lao script)
• មហារាជា (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄦𑄂𑄢𑄂𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

महाराजा

1. Devanagari script form of mahārājā, which is inflection of महाराजन्:
   1. nominative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural
   3. ablative singular (mahārājan, “great king”)