राजा

See also: रोज़, रंज, राज्, राजि, राज़, रोज़ा, रोज, and राज

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [ɾäː.d͡ʒäː]

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́s, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of राय (rāy), राणा (rāṇā), and राना (rānā).

Noun

राजा • (rājā) m (Urdu spelling راجا)

1. king, monarch, sovereign, ruler

   (deprecated template usage)

   यथा राजा तथा प्रजा।

   yathā rājā tathā prajā.

   As is the king, so are his subjects.

2. (chess or cards) king

Usage notes

• In compound words, राजा (rājā) takes the form of the prefix राज- (rāj-) or the suffix -राज (-rāj).

See also

Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text)
राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh)	रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī)	हाथी (hāthī) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux)	ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl)	घोड़ा (ghoṛā)	प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “राजा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• rājā (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• রাজা (Bengali script)
• රාජා (Sinhalese script)
• ရာဇာ or ရႃၹႃ (Burmese script)
• ราชา (Thai script)
• ᩁᩣᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣາຊາ (Lao script)
• រាជា (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄂𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

राजा (rājā)

1. Devanagari script form of rājā, which is inflection of राजन् (rājan, “king”):
   1. nominative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

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Sanskrit

Noun

राजा • (rājā)

1. nominative singular of राजन् (rājan)