maharani

From Hindustani مہارانی / महारानी (mahārānī), from Sanskrit महा (mahā, “great”) and रानी (rānī, “queen”).

maharani (plural maharanis)

1. The wife of a maharajah; approximately, a queen consort.
   • 2009 July 31, Bruce Weber, “Gayatri Devi, 90, a Maharani and a Lawmaker, Dies”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Nonetheless, for many years afterward, she was often referred to as maharani, though that eventually gave way to the less glamorous but more respectful title of rajmata, the equivalent of queen mother.

• rani

maharani f (plural maharanis)

1. maharani

• “maharani”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Affixed maha- +‎ rani, from Malay maharani, from Sanskrit महा (mahā, “great”) +‎ रानी (rānī, “queen”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mahaˈrani/ [ma.haˈra.ni]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: ma‧ha‧ra‧ni

maharani (plural maharani-maharani)

1. (obsolete) empress, a female emperor
2. (obsolete) the wife of a maharajah; approximately, a queen consort

   Synonym: permaisuri

• “maharani”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Sanskrit महा (mahā, “great”) +‎ रानी (rānī, “queen”).

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˌmahaˈrani/ [ˌma.haˈra.ni]
• Rhymes: -ani, -ni, -i
• Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧ra‧ni

maharani (Jawi spelling مهاراني, plural maharani-maharani)^[1]

1. (literary) empress, a female emperor

   Synonyms: raja perempuan, ratu

2. (literary) the wife of a maharajah; approximately, a queen consort

   Synonym: permaisuri

• > Indonesian: maharani (inherited)
• → Tagalog: maharani (learned)

• “maharani”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

From Hindi महारानी (mahārānī).

• IPA^(key): [mahaɾani]

maharani

1. queen

• larenn

• rani

Borrowed from French maharani, from Hindi महारानी (mahārānī) / مہارانی (mahārānī), from Sanskrit महा (mahā, “great”) and रानी (rānī, “queen”).

maharani f (uncountable)

1. maharani

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Learned borrowing from Malay maharani, ultimately from Sanskrit महाराज्ञी (mahārājñī, literally “great queen”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /mahaˈɾani/ [mɐ.hɐˈɾaː.n̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: ma‧ha‧ra‧ni

maharani (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜇᜈᜒ)

1. maharani (great queen; queen consort)

   Coordinate term: maharaha

• “maharani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018