rajah

ra·jah or ra·ja  (räj)

n.

A prince, chief, or ruler in India or the East Indies.

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[Hindi rj, from Sanskrit, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: Rajah is familiar to us from the Sanskrit rj, "king," and mahrj, "great king." The Sanskrit root raj-, "to rule," comes from the Indo-European root *reg-, "to move in a straight line, direct, rule." The same Indo-European root appears in Italic (Latin) and Celtic. Rx means "king" in Latin, coming from *reg-s, whence our regal and, through French, royal. Two of the Gaulish kings familiar to us from Caesar, Dumnorix and Vercingetorix, incorporate the Celtic word rx, "king," in their names. (Rx also forms part of the name of that fictitious, indomitable Gaul Asterix.) Germanic at some time borrowed the Celtic word rx. It appears as reiks, "ruler," in Gothic, as well as in older Germanic names ending in -ric, such as Alaric and Theodoric, the latter of whom has a name that is equivalent to German Dietrich, "people's king." A derivative of Celtic rx, *rg-yo-, meaning "rule, domain," was also borrowed into Germanic, and is the source of German Reich, "rule, empire."

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rajah, raja [ˈrɑːdʒə]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in India, formerly) a ruler or landlord: sometimes used as a form of address or as a title preceding a name

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a Malayan or Javanese prince or chieftain

[from Hindi rājā, from Sanskrit rājan king; see raj; compare Latin rex king]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rajah - a prince or king in India             raja aristocrat, blue blood, patrician - a member of the aristocracy

Translations

rajah [ˈrɑːdʒə] N → rajá m

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rajah [ˈrɑːdʒə] n → rajah m, radja m

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rajah

n → Radscha m

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rajah [ˈrɑːdʒə] n → ragià m inv

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rajah

n rajah [ˈraːdʒə]

an Indian king or prince. radja راجا: أمير أو مَلِك في الهِنْد раджа rádža raja der Radscha Ινδός βασιλιάς ή πρίγκιπας rajá radþa راجا؛ شاهزاده radža radjah רָאגָ'ה राजा radža, indijski knez (indiai) fejedelem, rája India fursti (meðal hindúa) ragià 王 인도의 국왕 radža radža raja radja fyrste, raja radża rajá rajah раджа radža radža radža raja กษัตริย์หรือผู้ปกครองของอินเดีย มลายู ชวาและบอร์เนียว raca 印度的王侯 раджа راجہ vương công, tiểu vương Ấn Độ （印度的）王侯公，首长领