maharajah

[,mɑ:hə'rɑ:dʒə]

maharajah: maharajah: see raj
maharajah (n.): also maharaja, 1690s, from Hindi, "great king," from Sanskrit maha "great" (from PIE root *meg- "great;" see magnate) + rajan "king" (see rajah). The fem. equivalent is maharani (1855).