raja, rajah
‘Indian king or prince’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. raiáh, raiaw, raïa < Hin., Skt. rajan ‘king,’ related to raj ‘kingdom, kingship’ < rajati ‘he rules’ < raaj < reg- < Tamil aracaṉ
raja, rajah
English words derived from Tamil aracaṉ connoting 'rule'