Given name & surname · Hindi
राजा
राजा (rājā) is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: rājā.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
राजा comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit राजा॑, from Sanskrit राज॑न्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs, built from Sanskrit राज् + -अन्.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
राजा’s family of names
In Hindi usage, राजा shares an earlier linguistic root with राणा. In Hindi usage, राजा can be written in the Roman alphabet as rājā. In Hindi usage, राजा shares an earlier linguistic root with राना.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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