# राजा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राजा (rājā), nominative singular of राजन् (rājan). Doublet of राय (rāy), राणा (rāṇā), and राना (rānā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [ɾäː.d͡ʒäː]

### Noun

राजा • (rājā) m (Urdu spelling راجا)
* king, monarch, sovereign, ruler
    यथा राजा तथा प्रजा।yathā rājā tathā prajā.As is the king, so are his subjects.
* (chess or cards) king

#### Usage notes

* In compound words, राजा (rājā) takes the form of the prefix राज- (rāj-) or the suffix -राज (-rāj).

#### Declension
### See also

Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text) :
| राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh) | रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī) | हाथी (hāthī) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux) | ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl) | घोड़ा (ghoṛā) | प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī) |
Playing cards in Hindi · ताश (tāś) (layout · text) :
| इक्का (ikkā) | दुक्की (dukkī) | तिक्की (tikkī) | चौका (caukā) | पंजा (pañjā) | छक्का (chakkā) | सत्ता (sattā) |
| अट्ठा (aṭṭhā) | नहला (nahlā) | दहला (dahlā) | ग़ुलाम (ġulām) | रानी (rānī) बेगम (begam) | राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) | जोकर (jokar) |

### References

* Platts, John T. (1884) “राजा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राजा (rājā), nominative singular of राजन् (rājan). Doublet of राया (rāyā) and राव (rāv).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾa.d͡ʑa/

### Noun

राजा • (rājā) m
* king, monarch, sovereign, ruler
    जसा राजा, तशी प्रजा.jasā rājā, taśī prajā.Like the king, so are the subjects.
* (chess or cards) king

### See also

Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text) :
| राजा (rājā) | वजीर (vajīr), राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī) | हत्ती (hattī) | उंट (uṇṭa) | घोडा (ghoḍā) | प्यादे (pyāde) |

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rä(d)zä]
* Phonetic Devanagari: राजा

### Noun

राजा • (rājā)
* king, monarch, sovereign, ruler
* (chess) king

### See also

Chess pieces in Nepali · बुद्धिचालको गोटीहरू (buddhicālko goṭīharū) (layout · text) :
| राजा (rājā) | मन्त्री (mantrī) | हात्ती (hāttī) | उँट (ũṭ) | घोडा (ghoḍā) | सिपाही (sipāhī) |

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* rājā (Latin script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* রাজা (Bengali script)
* රාජා (Sinhalese script)
* ရာဇာ or ရႃၹႃ (Burmese script)
* ราชา (Thai script)
* ᩁᩣᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ຣາຊາ (Lao script)
* រាជា (Khmer script)
* 𑄢𑄂𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Noun

राजा (rājā)
* Devanagari script form of rājā, which is inflection of राजन्:
** nominative singular
** nominative/vocative plural (rājan, “king”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰাজা (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬵᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
* রাজা (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ရာဇာ (Burmese script)
* રાજા (Gujarati script)
* ਰਾਜਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦴꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ರಾಜಾ (Kannada script)
* រាជា (Khmer script)
* ຣາຊາ (Lao script)
* രാജാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᢗᠽᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑐵 (Newa script)
* ରାଜା (Odia script)
* ꢬꢵꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
* රාජා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩛𑩣𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚭 (Takri script)
* ராஜா (Tamil script)
* రాజా (Telugu script)
* ราชา (Thai script)
* རཱ་ཛཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨊𑨥𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɑ́ː.d͡ʑɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɾɑː.d͡ʑɑː/

### Noun

राजा • (rā́jā) stem, m
* nominative singular of राजन् (rā́jan)
* instrumental singular/nominative/vocative/accusative dual of राज् (rā́j)