maharajalela

Malay

Etymology

maharaja (“emperor”) +‎ lela (“good or proper behavior”)

Noun

maharajalela (Jawi spelling مهاراجاليلا‎, plural maharajalela-maharajalela, informal first-person possessive maharajalelaku, informal second-person possessive maharajalelamu, third-person possessive maharajalelanya)

  1. (Classical Malay) the royal executioner; a minister who beheads a criminal
  2. (Classical Malay) chief chamberlain

Synonyms
  • (executioner): algojo

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

  • bermaharajalela (“to do as one pleases, to go on a rampage”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • kemaharajalelaan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
  • rajalela

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