maharaja

maharaja

See also: mahārāja and mahārājā

English

Alternative forms

• maharajah

Etymology

From Hindi महाराजा (mahārājā), from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja), compound of महा (mahā, “great”) and राजन् (rājan, “king”). First used in English in 1698.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒɑ/, /ˌmɑ.həˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒə

Noun

maharaja (plural maharajas)

1. A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor.
   • 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 7-8:

     I speak from a very intimate knowledge of their ways and habits after having spent a very happy twenty years amongst them with friends in every degree, from the Maharaja himself to some of the humblest coolies.

Coordinate terms

• maharani

Translations

a Hindu prince ranking above a raja

Arabic: مَاهَارَاجَا‎ m (māhārājā) Bengali: মহারাজা (môharaja) Chinese: Mandarin: 大君 (zh) (dàjūn) Czech: mahárádža m Danish: maharaja c Dutch: maharadja (nl) m Finnish: maharadža (fi), maharadja (fi) French: maharadja (fr) m, maharaja (fr) m German: Maharadscha (de) m Greek: μαχαραγιάς (el) m (macharagiás) Hindi: महा राजा m (mahā rājā), महाराजा m (mahārājā), महाराज (hi) m (mahārāj) Hungarian: maharadzsa (hu) Indonesian: maharaja (id), kaisar (id), raja besar Irish: maharáiseá m Italian: maragià (it) m Japanese: マハラジャ (maharaja), マハーラージャ (mahārāja) Khmer: មហារាជ (mĕəʼhaariəc) Korean: 마하라자 (maharaja) Malay: maharaja Marathi: महाराजा m (mahārājā) Mongolian: махранз (mn) (maxranz) Pali: mahārāja m Persian: مهاراجه‎ (fa) (mahârâje) Polish: maharadża (pl) m Portuguese: marajá (pt) m Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can Romanian: maharajah (ro) m Russian: махара́джа (ru) m (maxarádža), магара́джа (ru) m (magarádža) Sanskrit: महाराज (sa) (mahārāja) Spanish: maharajá (es) m, marajá m Swedish: maharadja (sv) c Thai: มหาราชา (má-hǎa-raa-chaa) Turkish: mihrace (tr) Urdu: مہاراجہ‎ m (mahārāja) Yiddish: מאַהאַראַדזשאַ‎ m (maharadzha)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑhɑrɑdʒɑ/, [ˈmɑɦɑˌrɑdʒɑ]

Noun

maharaja

1. Alternative form of maharadža

Declension

Inflection of maharaja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		maharaja	maharajat
genitive		maharajan	maharajojen
partitive		maharajaa	maharajoja
illative		maharajaan	maharajoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		maharaja	maharajat
accusative	nom.	maharaja	maharajat
	gen.	maharajan
genitive		maharajan	maharajojen maharajainrare
partitive		maharajaa	maharajoja
inessive		maharajassa	maharajoissa
elative		maharajasta	maharajoista
illative		maharajaan	maharajoihin
adessive		maharajalla	maharajoilla
ablative		maharajalta	maharajoilta
allative		maharajalle	maharajoille
essive		maharajana	maharajoina
translative		maharajaksi	maharajoiksi
instructive		—	maharajoin
abessive		maharajatta	maharajoitta
comitative		—	maharajoineen

Possessive forms of maharaja (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	maharajani	maharajamme
2nd person	maharajasi	maharajanne
3rd person	maharajansa

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French

Alternative forms

• maharadja

Etymology

From Hindi महाराजा (mahārājā).

Noun

maharaja m (plural maharajas, feminine maharani)

1. maharaja

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Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed maha- +‎ raja, from Malay maharaja, from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mahaˈrad͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧ra‧ja

Noun

maharaja (first-person possessive maharajaku, second-person possessive maharajamu, third-person possessive maharajanya)

1. emperor
2. (obsolete) important person

Synonyms

• kaisar (“emperor”)
• maharaja (“emperor”) (Standard Malay)
• raja besar (“emperor”)

Derived terms

• kemaharajaan

 

Related terms

• maharani

 

Further reading

• “maharaja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja).

Noun

maharaja

1. emperor

Synonyms

• kaisar

Derived terms

• maharajalela

Further reading

• “maharaja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi महाराजा (mahārājā), from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mahaɾadʒa], [mahaʁadʒa]

Noun

maharaja

1. king
2. male ruler

Synonyms

• lerwa