Rajah definition

räjə, räjä
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The definition of a rajah is a ruler in India or the East Indies.

An example of a rajah is Manvendra Singh Gohil, former prince of India.

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A prince or chief in India.
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A Malay or Javanese chief.
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Singular:
rajah
Plural:
rajahs

Origin of rajah

  • From Hindustani राजा (rājā) / راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince").

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Rajah Sentence Examples

  • The rajah of Patala at the apex of the Indus delta abandoned his country and fled.

  • Its roll of kings extends deep into pre-historic times, but the first rajah capable of indentification flourished about the year 76 A.D.

  • All might have fallen out as he anticipated, had it not been that the Nana Sahib, the adopted heir of the late peshwa, was rajah of Bithur in the neighbourhood.

  • Its condition encouraged the Burmese to depose the rajah, and to make Assam a dependency of Ava.

  • The woman left the town, took refuge with an independent rajah, and there carried out her self-devoted purpose.

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