raja

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑː.ʒə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdʒə, -ɑːʒə

raja (plural rajas)

1. Alternative spelling of rajah.

• Ajar, ajar

From 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.

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

From Old Javanese rāja (“king, sovereign, chief”), from Sanskrit राज (rāja, “king”).

raja (Balinese script ᬭᬚ)

1. king

Unknown

raja (Balinese script ᬭᬵᬚ)

1. rain
2. passion

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

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /raɟa/ [ra.ɟa]

• Rhymes: -aɟa, -a

• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

raja anim

1. rajah

• “raja”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “raja”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈra.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈra.d͡ʒa]

raja

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

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

Declension of raja (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		raja	rajad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	raja
genitive			rajade
partitive		raja	rajasid
illative		rajja rajasse	rajadesse
inessive		rajas	rajades
elative		rajast	rajadest
allative		rajale	rajadele
adessive		rajal	rajadel
ablative		rajalt	rajadelt
translative		rajaks	rajadeks
terminative		rajani	rajadeni
essive		rajana	rajadena
abessive		rajata	rajadeta
comitative		rajaga	rajadega

raja

1. genitive singular of rada

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑjɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧ja
• Hyphenation^(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. border, boundary, limit, line (line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions)

   maan rajat ― country borders

   kaupungin rajat ― city limits

2. limit, bound, confine (any other kind of restriction when likened to those bounding a geographical region, e.g. when a value must stay within a range)
3. line (exterior limit of a figure)
4. (sports) line (any line on the playfield which acts as a boundary or border within certain rules)

• “1. raja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

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

raja

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

• “2. raja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• Arja

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

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/

raja

1. king

From Malay raja, from Old 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”). Displaced native words datu (“king”) and datuk (“king, grandfather”). whence Indonesian ratu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒa/ [ˈra.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

raja (plural raja-raja or para raja)

1. king, male monarch
2. (chess) king; the principal chess piece
3. (card games) king; a playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit
4. (xiangqi) general; a xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace

   Synonyms: jenderal, jendral

• radja (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

• aji (“rare”)
• datu (“archaic”)

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

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja	menteri, patih, ratu, ster	benteng	gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur	kuda	bidak, pion, prajurit

Xiangqi pieces in Indonesian (see also: catur gajah, catur cina) (layout · text)
raja, jendral	menteri, penasihat	gajah, menteri	kuda	benteng	meriam	pion, bidak, prajurit

raja (comparative lebih raja, superlative paling raja)

1. (1901–1947, 1947–1972) superseded spelling of raya

   Asia Raja ― Greater Asia

• “raja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

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

raja

1. border

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

Declension of raja (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	raja	rajat
genitive	rajan	raijoin
partitive	raijaa	rajoja
illative	raijaa	raijoi
inessive	rajas	rajois
elative	rajast	rajoist
allative	rajalle	rajoille
adessive	rajal	rajoil
ablative	rajalt	rajoilt
translative	rajaks	rajoiks
essive	rajanna, raijaan	rajoinna, raijoin
exessive1)	rajant	rajoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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

raja

1. romanization of ꦫꦗ

raja

1. rim
2. border

• IPA^(key): /raja/

raja f (4th declension)

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

• lagia, lagya
• ragya

Borrowed from Malay raja.

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈɾad͡ʒa/ [ˈɽa.d͡ʒʌ]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

raja

1. chief
2. king

• datu

From Old 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”). Displaced native words datu (“king”) and datuk (“king, grandfather”), whence Malay ratu.

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒə/ [ˈra.d͡ʒə]
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒə, -ə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒa/ [ˈra.d͡ʒa]
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a
• Hyphenation: ra‧ja

raja (Jawi spelling راج, plural raja-raja or raja²)

1. King:
   1. A male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation.

      Synonyms: sultan, syah, datu (archaic), ratu (obsolete)

   2. (card games) A playing card with the letter 'K' and an image of a king on it.
   3. (chess) The king piece in chess.

      Synonym: syah

2. A monarch.
3. (archaic, informal) A ruler (person, body, or force currently in power).
4. A magnate.

   raja minyak ― oil magnate

5. A title found in the names of some people of royal descent.

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

• > Indonesian: raja (inherited)
• → Semai: rajak
• → Tagalog: ladya
• → Tausug: raja
• → Maranao: radia

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text)
raja, syah راج, شاه	bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو	benteng, tir بينتيڠ, تير	gajah ݢاجه	kuda کودا	bidak, piadah, pion بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

• Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 153-154

• "raja" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

raja f

1. queue

• raja in silling.org

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

Deverbal from rajar.

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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raja (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴰⵊⴰ)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to wait, to wait for

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• araji (“waiting”)

• laja, radja, ladja

Borrowed from Malay raja.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ɾad͡ʒa/ [ɾaˈd͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ra‧ja

raja (Sulat Sūg spelling رَجَ)

1. king; royal king of the pre-Spanish Filipinos

   Piytay sin manga Kastila' in raja ha Manila'.

   The Spaniards killed the king in Maynila.

Borrowed from Old East Slavic краи (krai).

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

raja

1. border
2. limit
3. boundary

Declension of raja (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	raja	rajad
genitive	raja	rajojõ, rajoi
partitive	rajja	rajoitõ, rajoi
illative	rajjasõ, rajja	rajoisõ
inessive	rajaz	rajoiz
elative	rajassõ	rajoissõ
allative	rajalõ	rajoilõ
adessive	rajallõ	rajoillõ
ablative	rajaltõ	rajoiltõ
translative	rajassi	rajoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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