» For other uses, see Raja (disambiguation) and Rajah (disambiguation). Raja (also spelled Rajah, from (Tamil: ar = protect; arasan = protector,king; rajan(Sanksrit, king)) Sanskrit , nominative )'s the Hindustani term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna. The female form, the word for "queen", mainly used for a Raja's wife,'s Rani (sometimes spelled Ranee), from Sanskrit . The title has a long history in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, being attested from the Rig… (More on Raja)