maharani

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The wife of a maharajah; approximately, a queen consort.

Word forms

maharani maharanis

Etymology

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

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