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Help[Surname] Raja
Is Raja an Indian or Arabic surname? On a surname site it says it's Indian, but the name listed on this site is Arabic. Can someone help me please?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Indian and Arabic, though two completely different names, different meaning, different pronunciation.
Arabic surname and given name, male and female, pronounced rajAA, meaning hope.
Indian surname, male given name and title, pronounced RAAJa. As a title, "king", it should not be taken literally, though I think it usually identifies someone as being "high caste". Raj, Rai, Rao, Ray, Roy, are all variants, and all found as surnames.
Arabic surname and given name, male and female, pronounced rajAA, meaning hope.
Indian surname, male given name and title, pronounced RAAJa. As a title, "king", it should not be taken literally, though I think it usually identifies someone as being "high caste". Raj, Rai, Rao, Ray, Roy, are all variants, and all found as surnames.
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