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English
Alternative forms
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)
- A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor.
1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, pages 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.
1961 October 4, “The Maharajah of Pookajee” (2:33 from the start), in Top Cat, season 1, episode 2:Benny: Hey, T.C., what's a maharaja?
Top Cat: What's a what?
Benny: A maharaja.
Top Cat: Oh, do I look like Daniel Webster? I didn't write no dictionary.
Coordinate terms
Translations
a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Arabic: مَاهَارَاجَا m (māhārājā)
- Bengali: মহারাজা (bn) (moharaja)
- 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), महाराज m (mahārāj)
- Mongolian: махранз (mn) (maxranz)
- Pali: mahārāja m
- Persian: مهاراجه (fa) (mahârâje)
- Polish: maharadża (pl) m
- Portuguese: marajá (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਮਹਾਰਾਜਾ (mahārājā)
- 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
Noun
maharaja
- Alternative form of maharadža
Declension
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hindi महाराजा (mahārājā).
Noun
maharaja m (plural maharajas, feminine maharani)
- maharaja
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed maha- + raja, from Malay maharaja, from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧ra‧ja
Noun
maharaja (first-person possessive maharajaku, second-person possessive maharajamu, third-person possessive maharajanya)
- emperor
- (obsolete) important person
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Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja).
Noun
maharaja
- emperor
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Further reading
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From Hindi महाराजा (mahārājā), from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja).
Pronunciation
Noun
maharaja
- king
- male ruler
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