ราชา
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Pali
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Noun
[edit]ราชา (rājā)
- Thai script form of rājā, which is inflection of ราชนฺ:
- nominative singular
- nominative/vocative plural (rājan, “king”)
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]ราชา • (raa-chaa)
Antonyms
[edit]- ราชินี (raa-chí-nii, “female monarch”)
Derived terms
[edit]- ศรีราชา (sǐi-raa-chaa)
Related terms
[edit]- ราช (râat)
See also
[edit]- กษัตริย์ (gà-sàt, “monarch”)