रजा

रजा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian رضا‎ (rezâ), from Arabic رِضًا‎ (riḍan). Compare Gujarati રજા (rajā), Hindi रज़ा (razā).

Noun

रजा • (raj̈ā) f

1. leave, leave of absence

   Synonym: सुट्टी (suṭṭī)

Descendants

• → Kannada: ರಜೆ (raje)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “रजा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “रजा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “रजा”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• rajā (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• রজা (Bengali script)
• රජා (Sinhalese script)
• ရဇာ or ရၹႃ (Burmese script)
• รชา or ระชา (Thai script)
• ᩁᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣຊາ or ຣະຊາ (Lao script)
• រជា (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

रजा (rajā)

1. Devanagari script form of rajā, which is ablative/vocative singular of रजस् (rajas, “dust”)