ราชา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

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

Noun

ราชา (rājā)

Thai script form of rājā, which is inflection of ราชนฺ:
1. nominative singular
2. nominative/vocative plural (rājan, “king”)

Thai

Etymology

From Pali rājan (“king”) or Sanskrit राज (rāja, “king”); possibly via Old Khmer rājā, rājjā (“king; chief”). Compare Modern Khmer រាជា (riəciə); Lao ລາຊາ (lā sā); Northern Thai ᩁᩣᨩᩣ; Shan ရႃႇၸႃႉ (ràa tsâ̰a).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ราชา r ā d͡ʑ ā
Phonemic		รา-ชา r ā – d͡ʑ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	raa-chaa
	Royal Institute	ra-cha
(standard) IPA^(key)		/raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧/^(R)

Noun

ราชา • (raa-chaa)

king; male monarch; male sovereign.
chief; lord; master; ruler.

Antonyms

ราชินี (raa-chí-nii, “female monarch”)

Derived terms

ศรีราชา (sǐi-raa-chaa)

Related terms

ราช (râat)

See also

กษัตริย์ (gà-sàt, “monarch”)

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