rajah

English

Alternative forms

• raja

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا‎ (rājā), 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”). Doublet of Rex, rex, and roy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑː.ʒə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒə, -ɑːʒə

Noun

rajah (plural rajahs)

1. a Hindu prince or ruler in India.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.

Coordinate terms

• rani (“wife of a rajah”)

Related terms

• maharaja m
• raj
• rajbari
• Rajput

 

Translations

Hindu prince

• Arabic: رَاجَا‎ m (rājā)
• Assamese: ৰাজা (raza)
• Belarusian: раджа́ m (radžá)
• Bengali: রাজা (bn) (raja)
• Bulgarian: ра́джа m (rádža)
• Burmese: ရာဇ (my) (raja.)
• Catalan: raja (ca) m, rajà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉賈, 拉贾 (lājiǎ), 羅闍, 罗阇 (luódū)

• Czech: rádža m
• Esperanto: raĝo
• Finnish: radža
• German: Raja (de) m, Radscha (de) m, Radja (de), Rajah (de)
• Gujarati: રાજા (gu) m (rājā)
• Hebrew: רָגָ׳ה‎ m (raja)
• Hindi: राजा (hi) m (rājā)
• Hungarian: rádzsa
• Italian: ragià m
• Japanese: ラージャー (rājā)
• Kannada: ರಾಜಾ (rājā)
• Khmer: រាជ (km) (riəc), រាជា (km) (riəciə)
• Korean: 라자 (raja)
• Lao: ລາຊາ (lā sā)
• Macedonian: раџа m (radža)
• Malay: raja (ms)
• Malayalam: രാജാ (ml) (rājā), രാജാവു് (rājāvŭŭ)
• Marathi: राजा m (rājā)
• Nepali: राजा (ne) (rājā)
• Oriya: ରାଜା (or) (raja)
• Pali: rājan
• Pashto: راجا‎ (ps) m
• Persian: راجا‎ (fa) (râjâ), راجه‎ (fa) (râje)
• Polish: radża (pl) m
• Portuguese: rajá m
• Punjabi: ਰਾਜਾ (rājā)
• Russian: ра́джа (ru) m (rádža), раджа́ (ru) m (radžá)
• Sanskrit: राजा (sa) m (rājā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̏џа m

  Roman: rȁdža (sh) m

• Sinhalese: රජ (si) (raja)
• Spanish: rajá (es) m
• Swedish: raja (sv) c, radja (sv) c
• Tagalog: raha (tl)
• Tamil: ராஜா (ta) (rājā)
• Telugu: రాజా (te) (rājā), రాజు (te) (rāju)
• Thai: ราชา (th) (raa-chaa)
• Ukrainian: раджа́ m (radžá)
• Urdu: راجا‎ m (rājā)
• Yiddish: ראַדזשאַ‎ m (radzha)

Further reading

• raja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā), 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”). Doublet of rey and its derived surnames.

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒɐ/

Notes: Also sometimes pronounced as /ˈrahɐ/, inspired by Spanish orthography.

Noun

rajah

1. (historical) The ruler of the Indianized rajahnate polities of the Philippines. A notable example is the Rajahnate of Cebu.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rajah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrad͡ʒah]
• Hyphenation: ra‧jah

Noun

rajah (plural rajah-rajah, first-person possessive rajahku, second-person possessive rajahmu, third-person possessive rajahnya)

1. amulet, talisman

   Synonyms: azimat, amulet, jimat

2. palmar crease

   Synonyms: guratan tangan, retak tangan

3. tattoo

   Synonym: tato

4. figure

   Synonyms: bagan, gambar

Synonyms

• cacahan (uncommon)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• merajah [agent focus] (meN-)

Further reading

• “rajah” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒah/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah, -d͡ʒah, -ah

Noun

rajah (Jawi spelling راجه‎, plural rajah-rajah, informal 1st possessive rajahku, 2nd possessive rajahmu, 3rd possessive rajahnya)

1. diagram; figure
2. writings or sketchings used as a talisman

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• merajah [agent focus] (meN-)
• merajahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• gambar rajah

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Portuguese

Noun

rajah m (plural rajahs)

1. Archaic spelling of rajá.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French rajah.

Noun

rajah m (plural rajahi)

1. rajah

Declension

Declension of rajah

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rajah	rajahul	(niște) rajahi	rajahii
genitive/dative	(unui) rajah	rajahului	(unor) rajahi	rajahilor
vocative	rajahule		rajahilor

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• raha
• ladya

Etymology

Borrowed from English rajah.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧jah
• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ha/, /dʒ/ sound became /h/ due to Spanish corruption.

Noun

rajah

1. (historical) rajah

   Synonyms: raha, ladya