英和和英

別の表記

• maharajah, maharana, maharanah

語源

Borrowed from Hindi महाराजा (mahārājā). First attested in 1698.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒɑ/, /ˌmɑ.həˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/
• 韻: -ɑːdʒə

名詞

maharaja (plural maharajas)

1. A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor.
   • 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, pages 7–8:

     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.

   • 1961 October 4, “The Maharajah of Pookajee” (2:33 from the start), in Top Cat, season 1, episode 2:

     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.

等位語

• maharani