रजा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رضا (rizā), from Arabic رِضًا (riḍan). Compare Gujarati રજા (rajā), Hindi रज़ा (razā).

Noun

रजा • (raj̈ā) f

  1. leave, leave of absence
    Synonym: सुट्टी (suṭṭī)

Descendants
  • → Kannada: ರಜೆ (raje)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “रजा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रजा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “रजा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • rajā (Latin script)
  • 𑀭𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • রজা (Bengali script)
  • රජා (Sinhalese script)
  • ရဇာ or ရၹႃ (Burmese script)
  • รชา or ระชา (Thai script)
  • ᩁᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຣຊາ or ຣະຊາ (Lao script)
  • រជា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄢𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

रजा (rajā)

  1. Devanagari script form of rajā, which is ablative/vocative singular of रजस् (rajas, “dust”)
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