RAJAH

raja, rajah

(noun) a prince or king in India

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rajah (plural rajahs)

a Hindu prince or ruler in India.

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.

Coordinate terms

• rani (“wife of a rajah”)

Source: Wiktionary


Ra"jah, n. Etym: [Hind. raja, Skr. rajan, akin to L. rex, regis. See Regal, a.]

Definition: A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts. [India]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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