A Rajah, translated means a Monarch. A Raja (Sanskrit ) is a monarch, or princely ruler from the Kshatriya / Rajput lineages. The title has a long history in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, being attested from the Rigveda. It can also be used as a name for non-royal Indians. Sanskrit word is an n-stem, with nominative . It is cognate to Latin rēx, the Gaulish rīx etc. (originally denoting tribal chiefs or heads of small 'city states'), ultimately a vrddhi derivation fr… (More on Raja)