రాజు
Telugu
/raːdʒu/
noun
Definitions
- king
- The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate.
- (card games) A playing card with the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
Etymology
Borrowed 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 *h₃rḗǵeh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃rḗǵeh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bhupathiraju English
- Rex English
- interrex Latin
- regalis Latin
- regius Latin
- regulus Latin
- rēx Latin
- re Italian
- rey Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃rḗǵ-ō Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵ-ō, *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- राजन् Sanskrit
- राजा Hindi
- ราชัน Thai
- అన్నం Telugu
- అన్నంరాజువలస Telugu
- పైడి Telugu
- పైడిరాజు Telugu
- భూపతి Telugu
- భూపతిరాజు Telugu
- మహా Telugu
- మహారాజు Telugu
- రారాజు Telugu
- వలస Telugu
- raja Malay
- rājan Pali
- રાજા Gujarati
- *Hrā́ȷ́an Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrā́ȷ́s Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrā́ȷ́ā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *rēks Proto-Italic
- *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