राजा
Hindi
noun
Definitions
- king, monarch, sovereign, ruler
- (chess or cards) king
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit राजन् (king, prince, sovereign, chief) derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́s derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (king, ruler, rules).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃rḗǵs
Gloss
king, ruler, rules
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
王
Emoji
👑 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rajesh English
- Rajindra English
- rajah English
- rajahnate English
- rajahship English
- rēgem Latin
- rēgem, rēx Latin
- rēgem, rēx, rex Latin
- rēgis, rēx, rex Latin
- rēgālis Latin
- rēx Latin
- rádzsa Hungarian
- radja Dutch, Flemish
- radjah Dutch, Flemish
- radjah French
- раджа Russian
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- rajá Portuguese
- radża Polish
- राज Sanskrit
- राजन Sanskrit
- राजन् Sanskrit
- राजशेखर Sanskrit
- राजा Sanskrit
- राजधानी Hindi
- राजस्व Hindi
- ราชัน Thai
- อุปราช Thai
- rajah Cebuano
- రాజు Telugu
- raja Malay
- *rīxs Proto-Celtic
- rāja Pali
- rājan Pali
- રાજા Gujarati
- *Hrā́ȷ́s Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrā́ȷ́ā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *rēks Proto-Italic
- ឧបរាជ Central Khmer
- *Hrā́ȷ́ā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- রাজা Bengali
- راجا Urdu
- 𑀭𑀸𑀬 Sauraseni Prakrit
- राजधानी Konkani
- raj Romani
- 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 Ashokan Prakrit
- rāja Old Khmer
- rājā Old Khmer
- राइं Old Gujarati
- *aracan Proto-Dravidian
- ৰাজা Old Assamese
- ᬭᬚ Balinese
- raja ms-cla
- രാജാവ് Malayalam
- ରାଜା Oriya
- රජ Sinhala, Sinhalese
- राइ Braj
- 𑀅𑀭𑀘𑀷𑁆 Old Tamil
- radia Maranao
- রাজা Bishnupriya Manipuri