ราชา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

rājā (Latin script)
𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
राजा (Devanagari script)
রাজা (Bengali script)
රාජා (Sinhalese script)
ရာဇာ or ရႃၹႃ (Burmese script)
ᩁᩣᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ຣາຊາ (Lao script)
រាជា (Khmer script)
𑄢𑄂𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

ราชา (rājā)

Thai script form of rājā, which is inflection of ราชนฺ:
1. nominative singular
2. nominative/vocative plural (rājan, “king”)

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali rājan (“king”) or Sanskrit राज (rāja, “king”); possibly via Old Khmer rājā, rājjā (“king; chief”). Compare Modern Khmer រាជា (riəciə); Lao ລາຊາ (lā sā); Northern Thai ᩁᩣᨩᩣ; Shan ရႃႇၸႃႉ (ràa tsâ̰a).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ราชา r ā d͡ʑ ā
Phonemic		รา-ชา r ā – d͡ʑ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	raa-chaa
Romanization	Royal Institute	ra-cha
(standard) IPA^(key)		/raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧/^(R)

Noun

ราชา • (raa-chaa)

king; male monarch; male sovereign
chief; lord; master; ruler

Antonyms

ราชินี (raa-chí-nii, “female monarch”)

Derived terms

ธรรมราชา
บรมราชาภิเษก
พระราชา
ราชาคณะ (raa-chaa-ká-ná)
ราชาภิเษก (raa-chaa-pí-sèek)
ราชาวดี
ศรีราชา (sǐi-raa-chaa)

Related terms

ราช (râat)

See also

กษัตริย์ (gà-sàt, “monarch”)

Further reading

“ราชา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.