райя

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See also: раја

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkish reaya, from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, citizens, flock).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ра́йя (rájjaf inan (genitive ра́йи, nominative plural ра́йи, genitive plural missing)

  1. rayah, the non-Muslim population in the Ottoman Empire

Declension

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