overwordExplorer
INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ratu.

monarch

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈratu/Standard-Indonesian[ˈra.t̪u]Standard-Indonesian
  1. monarch

    archaic
  2. queen: queen regnant: female monarch

  3. queen: queen consort: wife of a king

  4. queen: powerful or forceful female person

  5. queen: the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally

  6. queen: reproductive female insect in a hive.

Where this word comes from

From Malay ratu, from Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of datu and datuk. * Semantic loan from Javanese ratu (ꦫꦠꦸ). * For sense of the most powerful piece in chess, semantic loan from Dutch koningin. * For sense of powerful or forceful female, semantic loan from English queen.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

ratu has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

ratu studioratu workshello, ratu

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.