ราชา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Noun

ราชา (rājā)

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

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali rājan (“king”) or Sanskrit राज (rāja, “king”); possibly via Old Khmer rājā, rājjā (“king; chief”). Compare Modern Khmer រាជា (riəciə); Lao ລາຊາ (lā sā); Northern Thai ᩁᩣᨩᩣ; Shan ရႃႇၸႃႉ (ràa tsâ̰a).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ราชา r ā d͡ʑ ā
Phonemic		รา-ชา r ā – d͡ʑ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	raa-chaa
	Royal Institute	ra-cha
(standard) IPA(key)		/raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)

Noun

ราชา • (raa-chaa)

1. king; male monarch; male sovereign
2. chief; lord; master; ruler

Antonyms

• ราชินี (raa-chí-nii, “female monarch”)

Derived terms

• ธรรมราชา
• บรมราชาภิเษก
• พระราชา
• ราชาคณะ (raa-chaa-ká-ná)
• ราชาภิเษก (raa-chaa-pí-sèek)
• ราชาวดี
• ศรีราชา (sǐi-raa-chaa)

Related terms

• ราช (râat)

See also

• กษัตริย์ (gà-sàt, “monarch”)

Further reading

• “ราชา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.