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ma·hara·ja
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Princeton's WordNet
maharaja, maharajahnoun
a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja
Wiktionary
maharajanoun
A Hindu prince ranking above a raja.
Etymology: compound of and [akin to Latin rex]. (Eng. usg. 1698)
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Maharaja
Mahārāja ( MAH-hə-RAH-jə; also spelled Maharajah, or Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or "high king".A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, and Chandragupta Maurya. 'Title inflation' soon led to most being rather mediocre or even petty in real power, which led to compound titles (among other efforts) being used in an attempt to distinguish some among their ranks. The female equivalent, Maharani (or Maharanee, Mahārājñī, Maharajin), denotes either the wife of a Maharaja (or Maharana etc.) or also, in states where it was customary, a woman ruling without a husband. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajmata, "queen mother". Maharajakumar generally denotes a son of a Maharaja, but more specific titulatures are often used at each court, including Yuvaraja for the heir (the crown prince). The form "Maharaj" (without "-a") indicates a separation of noble and religious offices, although since in Hindi the suffix -a is silent, the two titles are near homophones.
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Maharaja
Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajmata. The term Maharaj denotes separate noble and religious offices, although the fact that in Hindi the suffix 'a' in Maharaja is silent makes the two titles near homophones.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Maharaja in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Maharaja in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- المهراجاArabic
- মহারাজাBengali
- mahárádžaCzech
- MaharajaDanish
- MaharadschaGerman
- maharaĝoEsperanto
- marajá, maharajáSpanish
- مهاراجهPersian
- maharadža, maharadjaFinnish
- maharadjaFrench
- महाराजा, महा राजाHindi
- maharadzsaHungarian
- maharajaIndonesian
- maharajaItalian
- マハーラージャ, マハラジャJapanese
- ಮಹಾರಾಜKannada
- maharajaLatin
- महाराजाMarathi
- maharadjaDutch
- marajáPortuguese
- maharadjahRomanian
- махараджаRussian
- மஹாராஜாவைTamil
- มหาราชาThai
- مہاراجہUrdu
- soái caVietnamese
- 大君Chinese
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