Meaning

2 senses
  1. A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

    Raja, Radscha, Radja

    ра́джаrádža, раджа́radžá

    раджа́radžá

    a prince or king in India

  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The rajah's wisdom was widely known.

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  2. The rajah ruled his land with strictness but also wisdom.

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  3. After a long reign, the rajah abdicated in favor of his son.

    ruПосле долгого правления раджа отрёкся от престола в пользу сына.

    deNach einer langen Regierungszeit dankte der Radscha zugunsten seines Sohnes ab.

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  4. When the rajah got mad, even the tigers in the garden seemed to be frightened.

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  5. These two little jackals were so frightened that they ran here, there and everywhere, trying to get away from that Rajah Lion.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, p

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.

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Forms

plural: rajahs
Singularrajah
Pluralrajahs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a prince or king in India:raja

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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