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ꠞꠣꠎꠣ

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Sylheti

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).[1] Cognate with Assamese ৰজা (roza), Bengali রাজা (raja), Hindi राजा (rājā). Doublet of ꠞꠣꠄ (rae) / ꠞꠄ (roe)

Noun

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ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (raza)

  1. king, local potentate

Proper noun

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ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (raza)

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Gwynn, Roger (2016) “raja”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 301.