I speak from a very intimate knowledge of their ways and habits after having spent a very happy twenty years amongst them with friends in every degree, from the Maharaja himself to some of the humblest coolies.
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Maharaja
//ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə//
Synonyms for "maharaja" (4 found)
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Translations
47 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَاهَارَاجَا noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Bengali
1 entries- মহারাজা noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大君 noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Czech
1 entries- mahárádža noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Danish
1 entries- maharaja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Dutch
1 entries- maharadja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Finnish
2 entries- maharadja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- maharadža noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
French
2 entries- maharadja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- maharaja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
German
1 entries- Maharadscha noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Greek
1 entries- μαχαραγιάς noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Hindi
3 entries- महा राजा noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- महाराज noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- महाराजा noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Hungarian
1 entries- maharadzsa noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Indonesian
3 entries- kaisar noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- maharaja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- raja besar noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Irish
1 entries- maharáiseá noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Italian
1 entries- maragià noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Japanese
2 entries- マハラジャ noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- マハーラージャ noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Khmer
1 entries- មហារាជ noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Korean
1 entries- 마하라자 noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Malay
1 entries- maharaja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Marathi
2 entries- महाराज noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- महाराजा noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Mongolian
1 entries- махранз noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Pali
1 entries- mahārāja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Persian
1 entries- مهاراجه noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Polish
1 entries- maharadża noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Portuguese
1 entries- marajá noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਮਹਾਰਾਜਾ noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Romanian
1 entries- maharajah noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Russian
2 entries- магара́джа noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- махара́джа noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Sanskrit
1 entries- महाराज noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Spanish
2 entries- maharajá noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- marajá noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Swedish
1 entries- maharadja noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Tamil
2 entries- மகாராஜா noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
- மஹாராஜா noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Thai
1 entries- มหาราชา noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Turkish
1 entries- mihrace noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Urdu
1 entries- مہاراجہ noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Yiddish
1 entries- מאַהאַראַדזשאַ noun (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Benny: Hey, T.C., what's a maharaja? Top Cat: What's a what? Benny: A maharaja. Top Cat: Oh, do I look like Daniel Webster? I didn't write no dictionary.
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