មហារាជ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja).

Pronunciation

Orthographic មហារាជ mhārāj Phonemic មៈ-ហា-រាជ / ម់-ហា-រាជ m`-hā-rāj / m´-hā-rāj WT romanisation mĕəʼhaariəc, mɔhaariəc (standard) IPA(key) /mĕəʔ.haː.riəc/ ~ /mɔ.haː.riəc/

Noun

មហារាជ • (mĕəʼhaariəc)

1. maharaja; emperor

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mahārāja (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• महाराज (Devanagari script)
• মহারাজ (Bengali script)
• මහාරාජ (Sinhalese script)
• မဟာရာဇ or မႁႃရႃၹ (Burmese script)
• มหาราช or มะหาราชะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩉᩣᩁᩣᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຫາຣາຊ or ມະຫາຣາຊະ (Lao script)
• 𑄟𑄦𑄂𑄢𑄂𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

មហារាជ

1. Khmer script form of mahārāja, which is vocative singular of មហារាជន៑ (mahārājan, “great king”)
2. Khmer script form of mahārāja, which is alternative stem of មហារាជន៑ (mahārājan, “great king”)
3. Khmer script form of mahārāja, which is vocative singular of រាជន៑ (rājan, “king”) - it was well to be polite when speaking to kings!