ռայա

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Arabic رَعَايَا (raʕāyā), the plural of رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya). See also Old Armenian ռայք (ṙaykʻ).

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Noun[edit]

ռայա (ṙaya) (dialectal)

  1. subjects (of a ruler), the ruled
  2. rayah, subject; vassal, subordinate
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 53:[1]
      ռայայ․ սուտտիթօ
      ṙayay; suttitʻō
      ռայայ (ṙayay) = suddito

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 241

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ըռայա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 110
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “ռայա₂”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 227b