rajah
pronunciation
How to pronounce rajah in British English:
UK ['rɑ:dʒə]
How to pronounce rajah in American English:
US ['rɑdʒə]
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- Noun:
- a Hindu prince or king in India
Word Origin
- rajah (n.)
- also raja, "king or prince in India," 1550s, from Hindi, from Sanskrit rajan "king," related to raj "kingdom, kingship," rajati "he rules," and cognate with Latin rex, Old Irish rig "king" (see regal). Related: Rajput, "member of the ruling caste in northern India" (1590s), from Sanskrit rajaputrah "prince," literally "king's son," from putrah "son, boy" (see puerile).
Example
- 1. One of the rajah 's personal body guard .
- 2. All they had were of course at the disposal of the rajah .
- 3. Jasmine and rajah did many things together .
- 4. Travelling through bhutan and tibet in 1783 , captain samuel turner , a british army officer , took tea with the rajah of bhutan .
- 5. On a report , the scientists in brunei have finally discovered why one pitcher beauty , the nepenthes rajah is one of the biggest in the world !