rāja

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, sovereign, prince, chief”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/
Rhymes: -d͡ʒa
Homophone: raja
Hyphenation: rā‧ja

Noun

rāja

king, sovereign, chief

Derived terms

Descendants

> Javanese: ꦫꦗ (raja) (inherited)
→ Balinese: ᬭᬚ (raja)

Further reading

"rāja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Khmer

Noun

rāja

Latin script form of រាជ (“king, royalty, reign.”)

Verb

rāja

Latin script form of រាជ (“to be royal, paramount, sovereign”)

Adjective

rāja

Latin script form of រាជ (“to be royal, noble”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀭𑀸𑀚 (Brahmi script)
राज (Devanagari script)
রাজ (Bengali script)
රාජ (Sinhalese script)
ရာဇ or ရႃၹ (Burmese script)
ราช or ราชะ (Thai script)
ᩁᩣᨩ (Tai Tham script)
ຣາຊ or ຣາຊະ (Lao script)
រាជ (Khmer script)
𑄢𑄂𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

rāja

vocative singular of rājan (“king”)
combining form of rājan (“king”)