rajas
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of rajas
From Sanskrit
Example Sentences
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Under increasing pressure from foreign invaders, India splintered into rival principalities ruled by independent rajas, or princes.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
He was selling three kinds of tamales: cheese, rajas and puerco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
Inside might be rajas, batons of chile with stray seeds still clinging like unfinished thoughts.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016
That’s because Mariel Garcia arrives each week with 120 of the chicken and rajas variety crafted by her mother, Porfiria Romero.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2016
“Well, since our parents aren’t rajas and ranis, I don’t think that’s what it’s about.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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