noun
Meaning 1
A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
maharaja
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/
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US: /ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒɑ/
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US: /ˌmɑ.həˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/
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rhymes with -ɑːdʒə
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CMU ARPABET: M AA2 HH ER0 AA1 ZH AH2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maharajah
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prince
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi महाराजा (mahārājā). First attested in 1698.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَاهَارَاجَا (māhārājā) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Bengali: মহারাজা (moharaja) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Chinese Mandarin: 大君 (dàjūn) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Czech: mahárádža — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Danish: maharaja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Dutch: maharadja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Finnish: maharadža — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Finnish: maharadja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- French: maharadja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- French: maharaja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- German: Maharadscha — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Greek: μαχαραγιάς (macharagiás) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Hindi: महाराजा (mahārājā) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Hindi: महाराज (mahārāj) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Hungarian: maharadzsa — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Indonesian: maharaja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Indonesian: kaisar — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Indonesian: raja besar — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Irish: maharáiseá — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Italian: maragià — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Japanese: マハラジャ (maharaja) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Japanese: マハーラージャ (mahārāja) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Khmer: មហារាជ (mĕəʼhaariəc) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Korean: 마하라자 (maharaja) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Malay: maharaja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Marathi: महाराजा (mahārājā) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Marathi: महाराज (mahārāj) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Mongolian: махранз (maxranz) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Pali: mahārāja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Persian: مهاراجه (mahârâje) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Polish: maharadża — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Portuguese: marajá — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Punjabi: ਮਹਾਰਾਜਾ (mahārājā) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Romanian: maharajah — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Russian: махара́джа (maxarádža) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Russian: магара́джа (magarádža) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Sanskrit: महाराज (mahārāja) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Spanish: maharajá — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Spanish: marajá — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Swedish: maharadja — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Tamil: மகாராஜா (makārājā) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Tamil: மஹாராஜா (mahārājā) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Thai: มหาราชา (má-hǎa-raa-chaa) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Turkish: mihrace — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Urdu: مہاراجہ (mahārāja) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
- Yiddish: מאַהאַראַדזשאַ (maharadzha) — a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
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