different between hindu vs maharaja

Estonian

Noun

hindu

1. partitive plural of hind

Finnish

Noun

hindu

1. Hindu (person)

Declension

Anagrams

• hidun, hudin

Hungarian

Etymology

From Persian ????? (Hind?, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hind?g, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-?g), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit ?????? (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sind?us (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hindu]
• Hyphenation: hin?du
• Rhymes: -du

Adjective

hindu (comparative hindubb, superlative leghindubb)

1. Hindu (of or relating to Hinduism)

Declension

Noun

hindu (plural hinduk)

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish hinta.

Noun

hindu

1. price

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Persian ????? (Hind?, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hind?g, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-?g), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit ?????? (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sind?us (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduer, definite plural hinduene)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme
• hinduistisk

References

• “hindu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Persian ????? (Hind?, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hind?g, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-?g), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit ?????? (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sind?us (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduar, definite plural hinduane)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme

References

• “hindu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Persian ????? (Hind?, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hind?g, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit ?????? (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sind?us (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?.?du/
• Hyphenation: hin?du
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

hindu (plural hindus, comparable)

1. Hindu
2. Indian (of India)

Swedish

Noun

hindu c

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Related terms

• hinduism
• hinduisk

References

• hindu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hindu in Svensk ordbok (SO)

English

Alternative forms

• maharajah

Etymology

From Hindi ??????? (mah?r?j?), from Sanskrit ?????? (mah?r?ja), compound of ??? (mah?, “great”) and ????? (r?jan, “king”). First used in English in 1698.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?.h?????.d??/, /?m?.h?????.d??/
• Rhymes: -??d??

Noun

maharaja (plural maharajas)

1. A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor.

Coordinate terms

• maharani

Translations

Finnish

Noun

maharaja

1. Alternative form of maharadža

Declension

French

Etymology

From Hindi ??????? (mah?r?j?)

Alternative forms

• maharadja

Noun

maharaja m (plural maharajas, feminine maharani)

1. maharaja

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mah?r?ja) via Malay maharaja

Noun

maharaja

1. emperor

Synonyms

• kaisar

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mah?r?ja).

Noun

maharaja

1. emperor

Synonyms

• kaisar

Derived terms

• maharajalela

Further reading

• “maharaja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi ??????? (mah?r?j?), from Sanskrit ?????? (mah?r?ja)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maha?ad?a], [maha?ad?a]

Noun

maharaja

1. king
2. male ruler

Synonyms

• lerwa