maharani
maharani noun: the wife of a maharajah; approximately, a queen consort.
Noun
maharani (plural maharanis)
- The wife of a maharajah; approximately, a queen consort.
- 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.2009 July 31, Bruce Weber, “Gayatri Devi, 90, a Maharani and a Lawmaker, Dies”, in The New York Times
maharani meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Gujarati
maharani in Hindi
- a maharani
- महारानी mahārānī
maharani in Urdu
- maharani
- مہارانی mahārānī
maharani in Kannada
- ಮಹಾರಾಣಿ
maharani in Gujarati
- maharani
- મહારાણી mahārāṇī
Forms of maharani
| plural | maharanis |
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Origin of maharani
From Hindustani مہارانی / महारानी (mahārānī), from Sanskrit महा (mahā, “great”) and राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen”).
Questions about maharani
- What does maharani mean?
- Maharani means the wife of a maharajah; approximately, a queen consort.
- What is maharani in Hindi?
- Maharani in Hindi is महारानी (mahārānī). See Maharani meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maharani?
- Maharani is a noun.
- What is the plural of maharani?
- The plural of maharani is maharanis.
Words near maharani in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maharani (page history and authors); महारानी (Hindi) (page history and authors); مہارانی (Urdu) (page history and authors); maharani (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મહારાણી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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