𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲

Marathi

Noun

𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲 • (rāṇī) f

1. Modi script form of राणी

Old Marathi

Etymology

PIE word
*h₃rḗǵnih₂

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (rāṇī), from Sanskrit 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (rā́jñī). Cognate with Old Hindi रांणी (rā̃ṇī), Old Gujarati राणी (rāṇī), Old Braj रानि (rāni), Old Awadhi रानि (rāni), Old Punjabi ਰਾਣੀ (rāṇī), Middle Bengali রাণী (rani).

Noun

𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲 (rāṇī) f (Devanagari राणी)

1. wife, queen
   • 1278, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Līḷācaritra, "Pūrvārdha." (Kolte edition) 2:

     𑘐𑘻𑘭𑘰𑘪𑘲𑘧𑘰𑘽𑘓𑘲 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲 𑘢𑘳𑘣𑘪𑘽𑘝𑘲 𑘕𑘰𑘩𑘲 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘲

     gosāvīyāṃcī rāṇī puphavaṃtī jālī hotī

   • 1278, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Līḷācaritra, "Uttarārdha." (Kolte edition) 150:

     𑘊𑘞 𑘎𑘦𑘯𑘰 𑘡𑘰𑘪𑘹𑘽 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲 𑘀𑘭𑘹

     etha kamaḷā nāveṃ rāṇī ase

   • 1278, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Līḷācaritra, "Uttarārdha." (Kolte edition) 520:

     𑘟𑘹𑘦𑘝𑘲 𑘮𑘹𑘦𑘰𑘚 𑘢𑘽𑘚𑘲𑘝𑘰𑘽𑘓𑘲 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲

     dematī hemāḍa paṃḍītāṃcī rāṇī

   • c. 1300, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Śrī Govindaprabhu Caritra 105:

     𑘦𑘐 𑘟𑘹𑘄𑘯𑘰𑘢𑘳𑘛𑘹𑘽 𑘟𑘰𑘦𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘝𑘰𑘓𑘲𑘧𑘰 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘧𑘰 𑘪𑘻𑘪𑘰𑘯𑘲𑘩𑘹𑘽:

     maga deuḷāpuḍheṃ dāmurtācīyā rāṇīyā vovāḷīleṃ:

     • 1984 translation by Anne Feldhaus

       Then Dāmurt's wife waved a tray of lights before him in front of the temple.

   • c. 1300, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Śrī Govindaprabhu Caritra 217:

     𑘊𑘎𑘳 𑘟𑘲 𑘙𑘰𑘎𑘳𑘨𑘰 𑘧𑘎𑘰𑘓𑘲𑘧𑘰 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘧𑘰 𑘐𑘻𑘭𑘰𑘪𑘲𑘧𑘰𑘽𑘓𑘲𑘧𑘰 𑘟𑘨𑘲𑘭𑘡𑘰 𑘁𑘩𑘲𑘧𑘰:

     eku dī ṭhākurā yakācīyā rāṇīyā gosāvīyāṃcīyā darīsanā ālīyā:

     • 1984 translation by Anne Feldhaus

       One day a certain Ṭhākūr's wife came for darśan of the Gosāvī.

   • c. 1300, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Śrī Govindaprabhu Caritra 278:

     𑘝𑘪𑘽 𑘝𑘧𑘰𑘓𑘲 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲 𑘟𑘰𑘨𑘰 𑘁𑘚 𑘄𑘥𑘲 𑘨𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘩𑘲:

     tavaṃ tayācī rāṇī dārā āḍa ubhī rāhīlī:

     • 1984 translation by Anne Feldhaus

       [Voḍaṇ Jhaḍap's] wife stood in front of the door.

2. woman
   • c. 1270 – 1350, Nāmadeva, Śrīnāmadeva Gāthā (Dāṇḍekar edition) 248:

     𑘕𑘰𑘄𑘽 𑘢𑘰𑘜𑘿𑘧𑘰 𑘡𑘲𑘭𑘳𑘨𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘿𑘧𑘰𑙁 𑘁𑘯𑘪𑘲𑘝𑘲 𑘐𑘻𑘽𑘚 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘿𑘧𑘰𑙂

     jāuṃ pāṇyā nīsuravāṇyā. āḷavītī goṃḍa rāṇyā.

Declension

Declension of 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲
	singular	plural
direct	𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲 (rāṇī)	𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘧𑘰 (rāṇīyā)
oblique	𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘧𑘹 (rāṇīye)	𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘧𑘰𑘽 (rāṇīyāṃ)
instrumental	𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘧𑘰 (rāṇīyā)	𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘧𑘰𑘽 (rāṇīyāṃ)

Derived terms

• 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘪𑘭𑘰 (rāṇīvasā, “queen's parlour”), 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘭 (rāṇīvāsa, “harem”)
  • → Old Kannada: ರಾಣಿ(ಯ) ವಾಸ (rāṇi(ya) vāsa)
    • Kannada: ರಾಣಿವಾಸ (rāṇivāsa)
  • → Telugu: రాణివాసము (rāṇivāsamu)

Descendants

• Marathi: rāṇī

  Devanagari script: राणी

  Modi script: 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲

• → Kannada: ರಾಣಿ (rāṇi)
• → Malayalam: റാണി (ṟāṇi)
• → Tamil: ராணி (rāṇi), இராணி (irāṇi)
• → Telugu: రాణి (rāṇi)

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “राणी”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 589.
• Panse, Murlidhar Gajanan (1953) “राणी”, in Linguistic Peculiarities of Jñāneśvarī, Poona: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, page 522, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rāˊjñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619