rajah
English
/ˈɹɑː.dʒə/
noun
Definitions
- a Hindu prince or ruler in India.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus .
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi राजा (king) borrowed from Urdu راجا derived from Sanskrit राजन् (king, prince, sovereign, chief) derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (king) derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃rḗǵ-ō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rajahnate English
- rajahship English
- rádzsa Hungarian
- rádzsák Hungarian
- radja Dutch, Flemish
- radjah Dutch, Flemish
- radjah French
- раджа Russian
- *h₃rḗǵ-ō Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵ-ō, *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- rajá Portuguese
- radża Polish
- राज Sanskrit
- राजन् Sanskrit
- राजा Sanskrit
- राजा Hindi
- ราชัน Thai
- rajah Cebuano
- రాజు Telugu
- raja Malay
- rājan Pali
- રાજા Gujarati
- *Hrā́ȷ́an Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrā́ȷ́s Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrā́ȷ́ā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrā́ȷ́ā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- রাজা Bengali
- راجا Urdu
- 𑀭𑀸𑀬 Sauraseni Prakrit
- raj Romani
- 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 Ashokan Prakrit
- राइं Old Gujarati
- *aracan Proto-Dravidian
- ৰাজা Old Assamese
- raja ms-cla
- രാജാവ് Malayalam
- ରାଜା Oriya
- රජ Sinhala, Sinhalese
- राइ Braj
- 𑀅𑀭𑀘𑀷𑁆 Old Tamil
- radia Maranao
- রাজা Bishnupriya Manipuri