different between rajah vs maharani

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

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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

English

Etymology

From Hindi ??????? (mah?r?n?) / ???????? (mah?r?n?), from Sanskrit ??? (mah?, “great”) and ???? (r?n?, “queen”).

Noun

maharani (plural maharanis)

1. The wife of a maharajah; approximately, a queen consort.

Related terms

• rani

Indonesian

Noun

maharani (first-person possessive maharaniku, second-person possessive maharanimu, third-person possessive maharaninya)

1. empress, a female emperor

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi ??????? (mah?r?n?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maha?ani]

Noun

maharani

1. queen

Related terms

• rani

Synonyms

• larenn