rajah

rajah
rajah 1550s, from Hindi, from Skt. rajan "king," cognate with L. rex, O.Ir. rig "king." Related to raj "kingdom, kingship." Rajput "member of the ruling caste in northern India" (1590s) is from Skt. rajaputrah "prince," lit. "king's son," from putrah "son, boy" (Cf. puerile).

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  • rajah — rajah …   Dictionnaire des rimes

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  • rajah — RAJÁH, rajahi, s.m. 1. Titlu purtat de şeful statului în India antică, devenit mai târziu titlu princiar. 2. Persoană care poartă acest titlu. – Din fr. rajah. Trimis de LauraGellner, 02.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  rajáh s. m., pl. rajáhi Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • Rajah — Ra jah (r[aum] j[aum] or r[=a] j[.a]), n. [Hind. r[=a]j[=a], Skr. r[=a]jan, akin to L. rex, regis. See {Regal}, a.] A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts. [India] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rajah — (arab., »Herde«), in der Türkei Bezeichnung der nichtmohammed. Bevölkerung …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rajah — Rajah, Name für die Stammfürsten der Hindus; in der Türkei aber werden alle Nichtmuhammedaner so genannt …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Rajah — Rajah, arab., d.h. Heerde, die nichtmohammedan. Unterthanen der Pforte …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • rajah — ou raja (ra ja) s. m. Prince indien. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Sanscr. raja, d un radical qui se retrouve dans le lat. regere, d où rex, roi …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • rajah — or raja [rä′jə, rä′jä] n. [Hindi rājā < Sans rājan < rāj, to rule < IE base * reĝ , to put in order > RIGHT, L rex, king] 1. a prince or chief in India 2. a Malay or Javanese chief …   English World dictionary

  • rajah — UK [ˈrɑːdʒə] / US [ˈrɑdʒə] noun [countable] Word forms rajah : singular rajah plural rajahs a king or prince in India …   English dictionary

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