rajas
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- rajasic adjective
Etymology
Origin of rajas
From Sanskrit
Example Sentences
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He was selling three kinds of tamales: cheese, rajas and puerco.
From Los Angeles Times
His own rajas, the menu’s only vegetarian item, is a must-order.
From Los Angeles Times
Inside might be rajas, batons of chile with stray seeds still clinging like unfinished thoughts.
From New York Times
The rajas of India could not understand how the men Britain sent them could be so scrupulous in points of personal honour and then tell outright lies when it came to their treaty obligations.
From The Guardian
In the early history of the state, the rajas were in a state of chronic feud with all the neighbouring countries.
From Project Gutenberg
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