ราช

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rāja (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• राज (Devanagari script)
• রাজ (Bengali script)
• රාජ (Sinhalese script)
• ရာဇ or ရႃၹ (Burmese script)
• ราชะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᩣᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣາຊ or ຣາຊະ (Lao script)
• រាជ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄂𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

ราช (rāja)

1. Thai script form of rāja, which is vocative singular of ราชนฺ (rājan, “king”)
2. Thai script form of rāja, which is combining form of ราชนฺ (rājan, “king”)

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Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• รัช (rách)

 

Etymology

From Old Khmer រាជ (rāja), រាជ្ជ (rājja), រាច (rāca), រជ (raja, “king, prince, paramount chief; royal, sovereign, paramount”), from Sanskrit राज (rāja, “idem”) or Pali rāja (“idem”). Cognate with Modern Khmer រាជ (riəc).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ราช r ā d͡ʑ
Phonemic		ราด r ā ɗ	[bound form] ราด-ชะ- r ā ɗ – d͡ʑ a –
Romanization	Paiboon	râat	râat-chá-
	Royal Institute	rat	rat-cha-
(standard) IPA(key)		/raːt̚˥˩/(R)	/raːt̚˥˩.t͡ɕʰa˦˥./
Homophones edit		ราชย์ ราด ราต ราตร ราษฎร์

Noun

ราช • (râat)

1. king: male monarch or sovereign.
   • นาคราช

     nâak-ká râat

     King of serpents

   • มหาราช

     má-hǎa râat

     High king

2. (elegant) chief, lord, master, especially male one.
   • สังฆราช

     sǎng-ká râat

     High priest; patriarch ― (literally) Chief of monastic order

Adjective

ราช • (râat)

1. royal.
   • ราชโองการ

     râat-chá oong-gaan

     Royal command

   • ราชรถ

     râat-chá rót

     Royal chariot

   • ราชสมบัติ

     râat-chá sǒm-bàt

     Kingship ― (literally) Royal property

   • ราชวงศ์ญี่ปุ่น

     râat-chá wong yîi-bpùn

     Imperial house of Japan