As a Hindi name
राजा · masculine
a male given name, Raja, from Sanskrit
राजा · masculine
king, monarch, sovereign, ruler; king
Śabdasāgara also records: राजा को मारनेवाला । राजा की हत्या करनेवाला
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi राजा॑ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Sanskrit राज॑न् (rā́jan) Sanskrit राजा॑ (rā́jā)bor. Hindi राजा Borrowed from Sanskrit राजा॑ (rā́jā), from राज॑न् (rā́jan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs, from *h₃reǵ- + *-s. Doublet …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a slayer of hostile k˚, (others ‘best of k˚’ or = tīkṣṇa).
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Dictionary citations
rāja—gha m. a slayer of hostile k˚, Naiṣ. (others ‘best of k˚’ or = tīkṣṇa).
rājagha mfn. (-ghaḥ-ghā-ghaṃ) Sharp, hot. m. (-ghaḥ) A king-killer, a slayer of sovereigns, a regicide. E. rāja a king, and gha for ghna, who kills.
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