raja

raja (plural rajas)

1. Alternative spelling of rajah

• Ajar, ajar

From Bengali রাজা (raja) or Hindi राजा (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

• IPA^(key): /rad͡ʑa/

raja (Bengali script রাজা)

1. king

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

raja

1. Romanization of ᬭᬚ
2. Romanization of ᬭᬵᬚ

Borrowed from Spanish rajá and French radjah, from Hindi राजा (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /raxa/, [ra.xa]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /raja/, [ra.ja]

raja anim

1. rajah

• "raja" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “raja” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Cognate with Malay raja from jawi script راج

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/

raja

1. king

• (monarch):
  • maharaja (“emperor”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • puteri (“princess”)
  • pangiran, putera (“prince”)
  • raja isteri (“queen consort”)
  • ratu (“reigning queen”)
  • sultan

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ʒə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈra.d͡ʒa/

raja

1. third-person singular present indicative form of rajar
2. second-person singular imperative form of rajar

raja m (plural raja's, diminutive rajaatje n)

1. (rare) Alternative form of radja

• jaar

Either from Old East Slavic краи (krai), or a newer loan from Russian край (kraj).

• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ

raja (genitive raja, partitive raja)

1. border

raja

1. genitive singular of rada

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑjɑ/, [ˈrɑjɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧ja

Borrowed from Old East Slavic краи (krai), from Proto-Slavic *krajь. The same word was also borrowed into other Finnic languages, such as Estonian raja, Ingrian raja, Karelian raja, Ludian raja, Votic raja.

raja

1. (geographically) boundary (line), border(line), frontier; a (city) limit; a (county) line
2. (socially; mentally) limit, bound, confine
3. (sports) line

• adjectives: rajallinen, rajaton
• verbs: rajata, rajoittaa

• takaraja

From Proto-Finnic *raja (“worn out object”).

raja

1. (especially in compounds, otherwise dialectal) a worn out object, something worn

• kenkäraja

• Arja

From Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”)

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/

raja

1. king

• radja (van Ophuijsen (1901-1947), Republik/Soewandi (1947-1967))

From Malay raja, from Classical Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

raja (plural raja-raja, first-person possessive rajaku, second-person possessive rajamu, third-person possessive rajanya)

1. king:
   1. a male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
   2. (chess) the principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
   3. (card games) a playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

• aji
• datu (archaic)

• (monarch):
  • ratu (“queen”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • putri (“princess”)
  • pangeran (“prince”)
  • sultan, bupati, kaisar (“emperor”)

• “raja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Old East Slavic краи (krai). Cognates include Finnish raja and Estonian raja.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑjɑ/, [ˈrɑjɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑjɑ/, [ˈrɑjɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

raja

1. border

   Meijen kylä ono Viron rajas. ― Our village is on the border with Estonia.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 463

raja in javanese script ꦫꦗ

1. king

raja

1. rim
2. border

raja f (4th declension)

1. ray, stingray (fish with a flat body and a pointed tail (superorder Batoidea))

from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

raja (Jawi spelling راج‎, plural raja-raja, informal 1st possessive rajaku, 2nd possessive rajamu, 3rd possessive rajanya)

1. king (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation)
2. (chess) king (a playing piece in chess)

• datu / داتو‎ (archaic)

• (monarch):
  • ratu (“queen”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • puteri (“princess”)
  • putera, pangeran (“prince”)
  • sultan, kaisar maharaja (“emperor”)

• Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 153-154

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

Borrowed from English rajah, from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا‎ (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rex.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑɪ̯.jɑ/, /ˈrɑd.ʃɑ/

raja m (definite singular rajaen, indefinite plural rajaer, definite plural rajaene)

1. a rajah

• “raja” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from English rajah, from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا‎ (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rex.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑɪ̯.jɑ/, /ˈrɑd.ʃɑ/

raja m (definite singular rajaen, indefinite plural rajaer or rajaar, definite plural rajaene or rajaane)

1. a rajah

• “raja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

raja

1. vocative singular of rajas (“dust”)

From Ottoman Turkish رعایا‎ (re'aya), from Arabic رَعَايَا‎ (raʕāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة‎ (raʕiyya).

• IPA^(key): /rǎːja/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

rája f (Cyrillic spelling ра́ја)

1. (historical, collectively) commoners, rayah
2. (slang, collectively) a band, group, notably of friends
3. (slang, collectively) a crowd

Borrowed from German Reihe.

raja f

1. queue

• raja in silling.org

From rajar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraxa/ [ˈra.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

raja f (plural rajas)

1. a slit, crack, gash
2. a slice (of melon, watermelon, lemon, sausage)
3. splinter (of wood)
4. (vulgar, slang) a cunt
5. (vulgar) ass (buttocks), anus

raja

1. inflection of rajar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “raja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

raja

1. king

Borrowed from Old East Slavic краи (krai).

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑʝɑ/, [ˈrɑʝɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʝɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

raja

1. border
2. limit
3. boundary

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “raja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn