raja.
king, male monarch
Meaning & usage
king, male monarch
king; the principal chess piece
king; a playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit
general; a xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace
Where this word comes from
From Malay raja, from Old Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Displaced native words datu (“king”) and datuk (“king, grandfather”). whence Indonesian ratu.
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