rajah

Meaning

Noun

a Hindu prince or ruler in India.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes (genus).

Origin

Borrowed from Hindi राजा and Urdu راجا, from Sanskrit राजन् ("king, prince"), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā ("king"), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs. Rex, rex, and roy.

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