raja

See also: Raja, rajá, rája, rajā, rāja, rājā, and рая

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑː.ʒə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdʒə, -ɑːʒə

Noun

raja (plural rajas)

1. Alternative spelling of rajah.

Derived terms

• rajadom
• rajamuffin
• rajaship

Translations

Hindu prince — see rajah

Anagrams

• Ajar, ajar

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Hindi राजा (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rad͡ʑa/

Noun

raja (Bengali script রাজা)

1. king

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rad͡ʒə/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese rāja (“king, sovereign, chief”), from Sanskrit राज (rāja, “king”).

Noun

raja (Balinese script ᬭᬚ)

1. king

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

raja (Balinese script ᬭᬵᬚ)

1. rain
2. passion

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rajá and French radjah, from Hindi राजा (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /raɟa/ [ra.ɟa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /raxa/ [ra.xa]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /raxa/ [ra.xa]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /rad͡ʒa/ [ra.d͡ʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /raja/ [ra.ja]

• Rhymes: -aɟa, -a

 

• Rhymes: -axa, -a

• Rhymes: -axa, -a
• Rhymes: -adʒa, -a
• Rhymes: -aja, -a

• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

Noun

raja anim

1. rajah

Declension

Declension of raja (anim a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	raja	raja	rajak	rajok
ergative	rajak	rajak	rajek	rajok
dative	rajari	rajari	rajei	rajoi
genitive	rajaren	rajaren	rajen	rajon
comitative	rajarekin	rajarekin	rajekin	rajokin
causative	rajarengatik	rajarengatik	rajengatik	rajongatik
benefactive	rajarentzat	rajarentzat	rajentzat	rajontzat
instrumental	rajaz	rajaz	rajez	rajotaz
innesive	rajarengan	rajarengan	rajengan	rajongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	rajarengana	rajarengana	rajengana	rajongana
terminative	rajarenganaino	rajarenganaino	rajenganaino	rajonganaino
directive	rajarenganantz	rajarenganantz	rajenganantz	rajonganantz
destinative	rajarenganako	rajarenganako	rajenganako	rajonganako
ablative	rajarengandik	rajarengandik	rajengandik	rajongandik
partitive	rajarik	—	—	—
prolative	rajatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “raja”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “raja”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay raja from jawi script راج

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/

Noun

raja

1. king

Coordinate terms

• (monarch):
  • maharaja (“emperor”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • puteri (“princess”)
  • pangiran, putera (“prince”)
  • raja isteri (“queen consort”)
  • ratu (“reigning queen”)
  • sultan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈra.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈra.d͡ʒa]

Verb

raja

1. inflection of rajar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Dutch

Noun

raja m (plural raja's, diminutive rajaatje n)

1. (rare) alternative form of radja

Anagrams

• jaar

Estonian

Etymology 1

Either from Old East Slavic краи (krai), or a newer loan from Russian край (kraj).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ

Noun

raja (genitive raja, partitive raja)

1. border

Declension

Declension of raja (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		raja	rajad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	raja
genitive			rajade
partitive		raja	rajasid
illative		rajja rajasse	rajadesse
inessive		rajas	rajades
elative		rajast	rajadest
allative		rajale	rajadele
adessive		rajal	rajadel
ablative		rajalt	rajadelt
translative		rajaks	rajadeks
terminative		rajani	rajadeni
essive		rajana	rajadena
abessive		rajata	rajadeta
comitative		rajaga	rajadega

Etymology 2

Noun

raja

1. genitive singular of rada

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑjɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧ja
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧ja

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old East Slavic краи (krai), from Proto-Slavic *krajь. The same word was also borrowed into other Finnic languages, such as Estonian raja, Ingrian raja, Karelian raja, Ludian raja, Votic raja.

Noun

raja

1. border, boundary, limit, line (line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions)

   maan rajat ― country borders

   kaupungin rajat ― city limits

2. limit, bound, confine (any other kind of restriction when likened to those bounding a geographical region, e.g. when a value must stay within a range)
3. line (exterior limit of a figure)
4. (sports) line (any line on the playfield which acts as a boundary or border within certain rules)

Declension

Inflection of raja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		raja	rajat
genitive		rajan	rajojen
partitive		rajaa	rajoja
illative		rajaan	rajoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		raja	rajat
accusative	nom.	raja	rajat
	gen.	rajan
genitive		rajan	rajojen rajain rare
partitive		rajaa	rajoja
inessive		rajassa	rajoissa
elative		rajasta	rajoista
illative		rajaan	rajoihin
adessive		rajalla	rajoilla
ablative		rajalta	rajoilta
allative		rajalle	rajoille
essive		rajana	rajoina
translative		rajaksi	rajoiksi
abessive		rajatta	rajoitta
instructive		—	rajoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of raja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rajani rajani accusative nom. rajani rajani gen. rajani genitive rajani rajojeni rajaini rare partitive rajaani rajojani inessive rajassani rajoissani elative rajastani rajoistani illative rajaani rajoihini adessive rajallani rajoillani ablative rajaltani rajoiltani allative rajalleni rajoilleni essive rajanani rajoinani translative rajakseni rajoikseni abessive rajattani rajoittani instructive — — comitative — rajoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rajasi rajasi accusative nom. rajasi rajasi gen. rajasi genitive rajasi rajojesi rajaisi rare partitive rajaasi rajojasi inessive rajassasi rajoissasi elative rajastasi rajoistasi illative rajaasi rajoihisi adessive rajallasi rajoillasi ablative rajaltasi rajoiltasi allative rajallesi rajoillesi essive rajanasi rajoinasi translative rajaksesi rajoiksesi abessive rajattasi rajoittasi instructive — — comitative — rajoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rajamme rajamme accusative nom. rajamme rajamme gen. rajamme genitive rajamme rajojemme rajaimme rare partitive rajaamme rajojamme inessive rajassamme rajoissamme elative rajastamme rajoistamme illative rajaamme rajoihimme adessive rajallamme rajoillamme ablative rajaltamme rajoiltamme allative rajallemme rajoillemme essive rajanamme rajoinamme translative rajaksemme rajoiksemme abessive rajattamme rajoittamme instructive — — comitative — rajoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rajanne rajanne accusative nom. rajanne rajanne gen. rajanne genitive rajanne rajojenne rajainne rare partitive rajaanne rajojanne inessive rajassanne rajoissanne elative rajastanne rajoistanne illative rajaanne rajoihinne adessive rajallanne rajoillanne ablative rajaltanne rajoiltanne allative rajallenne rajoillenne essive rajananne rajoinanne translative rajaksenne rajoiksenne abessive rajattanne rajoittanne instructive — — comitative — rajoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rajansa rajansa accusative nom. rajansa rajansa gen. rajansa genitive rajansa rajojensa rajainsa rare partitive rajaansa rajojaan rajojansa inessive rajassaan rajassansa rajoissaan rajoissansa elative rajastaan rajastansa rajoistaan rajoistansa illative rajaansa rajoihinsa adessive rajallaan rajallansa rajoillaan rajoillansa ablative rajaltaan rajaltansa rajoiltaan rajoiltansa allative rajalleen rajallensa rajoilleen rajoillensa essive rajanaan rajanansa rajoinaan rajoinansa translative rajakseen rajaksensa rajoikseen rajoiksensa abessive rajattaan rajattansa rajoittaan rajoittansa instructive — — comitative — rajoineen rajoinensa

Derived terms

adjectives

• rajainen
• rajallinen
• rajaton

adverbs

• rajakkain
• rajatuksin
• rajatusten

nouns

• rajaiset
• rajakki

proper nouns

• Raijas
• Raja
• Rajala
• Rajanen

verbs

• rajata
• rajoittaa

compounds

• ahdasrajainen
• aikaraja
• alaraja
• alueraja
• aluevesiraja
• bikiniraja
• blokkiraja
• enimmäisraja
• eteläraja
• eturaja
• faasiraja
• haamuraja
• helleraja
• hiusraja
• huuliraja
• hyppyraja
• ikäraja
• ionisaatioraja
• itäraja
• kaakkoisraja
• kalastusraja
• kannattavuusraja
• karsintaraja
• katonraja
• kenkäraja
• kenttäraja
• kieliraja
• kiinteistöraja
• kimmoraja
• kipuraja
• koillisraja
• kulttuuriraja
• kuolemanraja
• kuuloraja
• kyllästymisraja
• köyhyysraja
• lakkoraja
• lattianraja
• lounaisraja
• lumiraja
• luokkaraja
• luoteisraja
• luottoraja
• lämpörajakerros
• länsiraja
• lääninraja
• maaliraja
• maanraja
• maaraja
• malminraja
• meriraja
• metsänraja
• metsäraja
• murreraja
• myötöraja
• nimellisraja
• nälkäraja
• pilviraja
• pohjoisraja
• poikkeamaraja
• promilleraja
• puolueraja
• puuraja
• päivämääräraja
• päätyraja
• raeraja
• Raja-aho
• raja-aita
• raja-alue
• raja-arvo
• raja-asema
• raja-asukas
• raja-asutus
• rajageminaatio
• rajahakuinen
• Rajahalme
• rajaheitto
• rajahinta
• rajahyöty
• rajajoki
• rajajoukko
• rajajoukot
• Rajajärvi
• rajajääkäri
• rajakahakka
• rajakahdennus
• Rajakallio
• Rajakangas
• Raja-Karjala
• rajakauppa
• rajakaupunki
• rajakerros
• rajakivi
• rajakohta
• rajakoira
• rajakomissaari
• rajakreivi
• rajakulma
• rajakustannus
• rajakylä
• rajakytkin
• rajakäyrä
• rajalaatuinen
• Rajalahti
• Rajalampi
• rajaliikenne
• rajalinja
• rajaloukkaus
• rajamaa
• rajamerkki
• rajamies
• rajamitta
• Rajamäki
• rajamäärä
• rajanaapuri
• rajanaapurukset
• rajanhaltija
• Rajaniemi
• rajankäynti
• rajanopeus
• rajantakainen
• rajantarkistus
• rajanveto
• rajanylitys
• rajaordinaali
• rajapaalu
• rajapakoinen
• rajapinta
• rajapiste
• rajapuomi
• rajapyykki
• rajarauha
• rajariita
• Rajasalo
• rajaselkkaus
• rajaseutu
• rajasopimus
• rajasulku
• rajasuoja
• rajataajuus
• rajataistelu
• rajatapaus
• rajatarkastus
• rajatarkistus
• rajatiede
• rajatieto
• rajatila
• rajatulkki
• rajatulo
• rajatuotos
• rajatuotto
• rajavaltuutettu
• rajavalvonta
• rajavartija
• rajavartio
• rajavartiolaitos
• rajavartiosto
• rajavastuuyhtiö
• rajavero
• rajavesistö
• rajaviiva
• rajaviranomainen
• rajavyöhyke
• rajavälikohtaus
• ripsiraja
• riskiraja
• routaraja
• rusketusraja
• saldoraja
• sananraja
• sanaraja
• selvärajainen
• sietoraja
• sisäraja
• sivuraja
• suhteellisuusraja
• susiraja
• syöttöraja
• säätyraja
• taivaanraja
• takaraja
• tarkkarajainen
• tavunraja
• tavuraja
• tilusraja
• toleranssiraja
• toteamisraja
• tukanraja
• tulliraja
• tuloraja
• tulvaraja
• ulkoraja
• vaihteluraja
• valtakunnanraja
• valtionraja
• vedenraja
• vesiraja
• viiteraja
• viljelyraja
• virheraja
• vyöhykeraja
• vähimmäisraja
• väsymisraja
• yleisöraja
• yläraja
• ääriraja

Further reading

• “1. raja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *raja (“worn out object”).

Noun

raja

1. (especially in compounds, otherwise dialectal) a worn out object, something worn

Declension

Inflection of raja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		raja	rajat
genitive		rajan	rajojen
partitive		rajaa	rajoja
illative		rajaan	rajoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		raja	rajat
accusative	nom.	raja	rajat
	gen.	rajan
genitive		rajan	rajojen rajain rare
partitive		rajaa	rajoja
inessive		rajassa	rajoissa
elative		rajasta	rajoista
illative		rajaan	rajoihin
adessive		rajalla	rajoilla
ablative		rajalta	rajoilta
allative		rajalle	rajoille
essive		rajana	rajoina
translative		rajaksi	rajoiksi
abessive		rajatta	rajoitta
instructive		—	rajoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of raja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rajani rajani accusative nom. rajani rajani gen. rajani genitive rajani rajojeni rajaini rare partitive rajaani rajojani inessive rajassani rajoissani elative rajastani rajoistani illative rajaani rajoihini adessive rajallani rajoillani ablative rajaltani rajoiltani allative rajalleni rajoilleni essive rajanani rajoinani translative rajakseni rajoikseni abessive rajattani rajoittani instructive — — comitative — rajoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rajasi rajasi accusative nom. rajasi rajasi gen. rajasi genitive rajasi rajojesi rajaisi rare partitive rajaasi rajojasi inessive rajassasi rajoissasi elative rajastasi rajoistasi illative rajaasi rajoihisi adessive rajallasi rajoillasi ablative rajaltasi rajoiltasi allative rajallesi rajoillesi essive rajanasi rajoinasi translative rajaksesi rajoiksesi abessive rajattasi rajoittasi instructive — — comitative — rajoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rajamme rajamme accusative nom. rajamme rajamme gen. rajamme genitive rajamme rajojemme rajaimme rare partitive rajaamme rajojamme inessive rajassamme rajoissamme elative rajastamme rajoistamme illative rajaamme rajoihimme adessive rajallamme rajoillamme ablative rajaltamme rajoiltamme allative rajallemme rajoillemme essive rajanamme rajoinamme translative rajaksemme rajoiksemme abessive rajattamme rajoittamme instructive — — comitative — rajoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rajanne rajanne accusative nom. rajanne rajanne gen. rajanne genitive rajanne rajojenne rajainne rare partitive rajaanne rajojanne inessive rajassanne rajoissanne elative rajastanne rajoistanne illative rajaanne rajoihinne adessive rajallanne rajoillanne ablative rajaltanne rajoiltanne allative rajallenne rajoillenne essive rajananne rajoinanne translative rajaksenne rajoiksenne abessive rajattanne rajoittanne instructive — — comitative — rajoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rajansa rajansa accusative nom. rajansa rajansa gen. rajansa genitive rajansa rajojensa rajainsa rare partitive rajaansa rajojaan rajojansa inessive rajassaan rajassansa rajoissaan rajoissansa elative rajastaan rajastansa rajoistaan rajoistansa illative rajaansa rajoihinsa adessive rajallaan rajallansa rajoillaan rajoillansa ablative rajaltaan rajaltansa rajoiltaan rajoiltansa allative rajalleen rajallensa rajoilleen rajoillensa essive rajanaan rajanansa rajoinaan rajoinansa translative rajakseen rajaksensa rajoikseen rajoiksensa abessive rajattaan rajattansa rajoittaan rajoittansa instructive — — comitative — rajoineen rajoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• kenkäraja
• rajasuutari

Further reading

• “2. raja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• Arja

Iban

Etymology

From Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/

Noun

raja

1. king

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay raja, from Old Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Displaced native words datu (“king”) and datuk (“king, grandfather”). whence Indonesian ratu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒa/ [ˈra.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

Noun

raja (plural raja-raja or para raja)

1. king, male monarch
2. (chess) king; the principal chess piece
3. (card games) king; a playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit
4. (xiangqi) general; a xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace

   Synonyms: jenderal, jendral

Alternative forms

• radja (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Synonyms

• aji (“rare”)
• datu (“archaic”)

Coordinate terms

• (monarch):
  • ratu (“queen”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • putri (“princess”)
  • pangeran (“prince”)
  • sultan, bupati, kaisar (“emperor”)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• beraja [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• meraja [agent focus] (meN-)
• merajai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• merajakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• kerajaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

• raja brana
• raja buah
• raja hutan
• raja jenang
• raja laut
• raja muda
• raja rimba
• raja sehari
• raja udang

Related terms

• adiraja
• remaja

See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja	menteri, patih, ratu, ster	benteng	gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur	kuda	bidak, pion, prajurit

Xiangqi pieces in Indonesian (see also: catur gajah, catur cina) (layout · text)
raja, jendral	menteri, penasihat	gajah, menteri	kuda	benteng	meriam	pion, bidak, prajurit

Etymology 2

Adjective

raja (comparative lebih raja, superlative paling raja)

1. (1901–1947, 1947–1972) superseded spelling of raya

   Asia Raja ― Greater Asia

Further reading

• “raja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic краи (krai). Cognates include Finnish raja and Estonian raja.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑjɑ/, [ˈrɑjɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑjɑ/, [ˈrɑjɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

Noun

raja

1. border

   Meijen kylä ono Viron rajal. ― Our village is on the border with Estonia.

Declension

Declension of raja (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	raja	rajat
genitive	rajan	raijoin
partitive	raijaa	rajoja
illative	raijaa	raijoi
inessive	rajas	rajois
elative	rajast	rajoist
allative	rajalle	rajoille
adessive	rajal	rajoil
ablative	rajalt	rajoilt
translative	rajaks	rajoiks
essive	rajanna, raijaan	rajoinna, raijoin
exessive1)	rajant	rajoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• rajakivi
• rajal
• rajapatsas
• rajata
• taivaanraja

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 463

Javanese

Romanization

raja

1. romanization of ꦫꦗ

Karelian

Noun

raja

1. rim
2. border

Latvian

Rajas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raja/

Noun

raja f (4th declension)

1. ray, stingray (fish with a flat body and a pointed tail (superorder Batoidea))

Declension

Declension of raja (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	raja	rajas
genitive	rajas	raju
dative	rajai	rajām
accusative	raju	rajas
instrumental	raju	rajām
locative	rajā	rajās
vocative	raja	rajas

Maguindanao

Alternative forms

• lagia, lagya
• ragya

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay raja.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈɾad͡ʒa/ [ˈɽa.d͡ʒʌ]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

Noun

raja

1. chief
2. king

Derived terms

• rajabay (“queen”)

See also

• datu

Malay

Etymology

From Old Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Displaced native words datu (“king”) and datuk (“king, grandfather”), whence Malay ratu.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒə/ [ˈra.d͡ʒə]
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒə, -ə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒa/ [ˈra.d͡ʒa]
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

Noun

raja (Jawi spelling راج, plural raja-raja or raja²)

1. King:
   1. A male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation.

      Synonyms: sultan, syah, datu (archaic), ratu (obsolete)

   2. (card games) A playing card with the letter 'K' and an image of a king on it.
   3. (chess) The king piece in chess.

      Synonym: syah

2. A monarch.
3. (archaic, informal) A ruler (person, body, or force currently in power).
4. A magnate.

   raja minyak ― oil magnate

5. A title found in the names of some people of royal descent.

Coordinate terms

• (monarch):
  • permaisuri, ratu (“queen”)
  • puteri (“princess”)
  • putera, pangeran (“prince”)
  • kaisar, maharaja (“emperor”)

Derived terms

Affixations

• beraja
• beraja-raja
• berajakan (“to have as king”)
• berkerajaan
• kerajaan (“government”)
• meraja
• merajai (“to rule over”)
• merajakan (“to make king”)

Compounds

• raja agas
• raja badar
• raja berpelembagaan (“constitutional monarch”)
• raja besar
• raja bola
• raja cacing
• raja diraja
• raja jejenang
• raja jenang
• raja kecil
• raja kecil besar
• raja kecil muda
• raja laut
• raja muda
• raja penomah
• raja permaisuri
• raja Permaisuri Agong
• raja putih
• raja sari
• raja sehari
• raja singa
• raja wang
• si raja diraja

Descendants

• > Indonesian: raja (inherited)
• → Semai: rajak
• → Tagalog: ladya
• → Tausug: raja
• → Maranao: radia

References

• Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 153-154

Further reading

• "raja" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English rajah, from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑɪ̯.jɑ/, /ˈrɑd.ʃɑ/

Noun

raja m (definite singular rajaen, indefinite plural rajaer, definite plural rajaene)

1. a rajah

References

• “raja” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English rajah, from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑɪ̯.jɑ/, /ˈrɑd.ʃɑ/

Noun

raja m (definite singular rajaen, indefinite plural rajaer or rajaar, definite plural rajaene or rajaane)

1. a rajah

References

• “raja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• रज (Devanagari script)
• রজ (Bengali script)
• රජ (Sinhalese script)
• ရဇ or ရၹ (Burmese script)
• รช or ระชะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣຊ or ຣະຊະ (Lao script)
• រជ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

raja

1. vocative singular of rajas (“dust”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رعایا (re'aya), from Arabic رَعَايَا (raʕāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǎːja/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

Noun

rája f (Cyrillic spelling ра́ја)

1. (historical, collectively) commoners, rayah
2. (slang, collectively) a band, group, notably of friends
3. (slang, collectively) a crowd

Declension

Declension of raja

	singular
nominative	raja
genitive	raje
dative	raji
accusative	raju
vocative	rajo
locative	raji
instrumental	rajom

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reihe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

Noun

raja f

1. queue

Further reading

• raja in silling.org

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraxa/ [ˈra.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rajar.

Noun

raja f (plural rajas)

1. a slit, crack, gash
2. a slice (of melon, watermelon, lemon, sausage)
3. splinter (of wood)
4. (vulgar, slang) a cunt
5. (vulgar) ass (buttocks), anus

Derived terms

• rajita
• volar la raja

Etymology 2

Verb

raja

1. inflection of rajar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “raja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tarifit

Etymology

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Verb

raja (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴰⵊⴰ)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to wait, to wait for

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• araji (“waiting”)

Tausug

Alternative forms

• laja, radja, ladja

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay raja.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ɾad͡ʒa/ [ɾaˈd͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

Noun

raja (Sulat Sūg spelling رَجَ)

1. king; royal king of the pre-Spanish Filipinos

   Piytay sin manga Kastila' in raja ha Manila'.

   The Spaniards killed the king in Maynila.

Derived terms

• raja lawd
• raja mura'

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic краи (krai).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑjɑ/, [ˈrɑʝɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

Noun

raja

1. border
2. limit
3. boundary

Inflection

Declension of raja (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	raja	rajad
genitive	raja	rajojõ, rajoi
partitive	rajja	rajoitõ, rajoi
illative	rajjasõ, rajja	rajoisõ
inessive	rajaz	rajoiz
elative	rajassõ	rajoissõ
allative	rajalõ	rajoilõ
adessive	rajallõ	rajoillõ
ablative	rajaltõ	rajoiltõ
translative	rajassi	rajoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “raja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn