rajah

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɑː.dʒə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) or Urdu راجا‎ (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ĵā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Noun

rajah (plural rajahs)

  1. a Hindu prince or ruler in India

Coordinate terms
  • rani (“wife of a rajah”)

Translations

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rajah.

Noun

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

  1. tattoo

Synonyms
  • tato
  • cacahan (uncommon)

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

  • merajah [agent focus] (meN-)

Malay

Etymology

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

Noun

rajah (Jawi spelling راجه‎, plural rajah-rajah, informal first-person possessive rajahku, informal second-person possessive rajahmu, third-person possessive rajahnya)

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

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

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

Other derivations and compound words:

  • gambar rajah

Portuguese

Noun

rajah m (plural rajahs)

  1. Archaic spelling of rajá.
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