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    What Hindi-word for "great queen" illustrates that the language is related to Greek (mega) and to Latin (mag-na regina)?

    Question #77497. Asked by Flem-ish. (Mar 19 07 7:38 PM)


    peasypod

    		Since 'Maharaja' would be 'great king', the term 'Maharani' would be the female equivalent for a woman ruling in her own right.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharani

    Mar 19 07, 7:58 PM
    Flem-ish

    		Quite right. Rajah is related to the root of Latin rex (reg-ere), and rani can be found back in Spanish reina, French reine .
    There is also the "great holy man" or maharishi.And there is even the English "mickle" that derives from the same root "meg-" as 'maha', 'mega', and 'mag-nus'.

    Mar 19 07, 8:22 PM

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