रजा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رضا (rizā), from Arabic رِضًا (riḍan). Compare Gujarati રજા (rajā), Hindi रज़ा (razā).

Noun

रजा • (raj̈ā) f

1. leave, leave of absence

   Synonym: सुट्टी (suṭṭī)

Descendants

• → Kannada: ರಜೆ (raje)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “रजा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रजा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “रजा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rajā (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• রজা (Bengali script)
• රජා (Sinhalese script)
• ရဇာ or ရၹႃ (Burmese script)
• รชา or ระชา (Thai script)
• ᩁᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣຊາ or ຣະຊາ (Lao script)
• រជា (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

रजा (rajā)

1. Devanagari script form of rajā, which is ablative/vocative singular of रजस् (rajas, “dust”)