different between pandit vs rajah

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (pa??ita).

Noun

pandit (plural pandits)

1. (India, Nepal) An honorary title for a learned man or scholar.

   Synonym: pundit

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pandit, from Sanskrit ?????? (pa??ita).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?ndit]
• Hyphenation: pan?dit
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

pandit (plural panditok)

1. pundit (a Hindu scholar)

Declension

References

Latin

Verb

pandit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of pand?

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• panndit

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (pa??it).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p?ndit]

Noun

pandit

1. a scholar, learned man, pundit
2. (Hinduism) someone who performs a puja; a Hindu priest

   Synonyms: maraz, pujari

Romanian

Etymology

From French pandit.

Noun

pandit m (plural pandi?i)

1. pandit

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pàndit m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (Hinduism) pundit

Declension

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English

Alternative forms

• raja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.d??/, /????.??/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (r?j?) and Urdu ????? (r?j?), from Sanskrit ????? (r?jan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hr????? (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr?????, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??-?, from *h?r??s (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rex, rex, and roy.

Noun

rajah (plural rajahs)

1. a Hindu prince or ruler in India.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.

Related terms

Coordinate terms

• rani (“wife of a rajah”)

Translations

Further reading

• raja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?rad???/

Notes: Also sometimes pronounced as /?rah?/, inspired by Spanish orthography.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (r?j?), from Sanskrit ????? (r?jan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hr????? (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr?????, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??-?, from *h?r??s (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rey and its derived surnames.

Noun

rajah

1. (historical) The ruler of the Indianized rajahnate polities of the Philippines. A notable example is the Rajahnate of Cebu.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rajah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rad??ah]
• Hyphenation: ra?jah

Noun

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

1. amulet, talisman

   Synonyms: azimat, amulet, jimat

2. palmar crease

   Synonyms: guratan tangan, retak tangan

3. tattoo

   Synonym: tato

4. figure

   Synonyms: bagan, gambar

Synonyms

• cacahan (uncommon)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rajah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.d??ah/
• Rhymes: -ad??ah, -d??ah, -ah

Noun

rajah (Jawi spelling ?????, plural rajah-rajah, informal 1st possessive rajahku, impolite 2nd possessive rajahmu, 3rd possessive rajahnya)

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

Derived terms

Portuguese

Noun

rajah m (plural rajahs)

1. Archaic spelling of rajá.

Romanian

Etymology

From French rajah.

Noun

rajah m (plural rajahi)

1. rajah

Declension

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ladya
• raha

Etymology

Borrowed from English rajah.

Noun

rajah

1. (historical) rajah

   Synonyms: raha, ladya