رأی

See also: رأي, رأى, and زاي

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy). Not to be confused with native رای (rây, “sense, intelligence, opinion, reason”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾaʔj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räʔj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räʔj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæʔj]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäʔj]

Readings
Classical reading?	ra'y
Dari reading?	ra'y
Iranian reading?	ra'y
Tajik reading?	raʾy

Noun

Dari	رأی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	раъй

رأی • (ra'y) (plural آراء (ârâ') or رأی‌ها (ra'y-hâ))

1. opinion, view
2. vote

Derived terms

• رأی دادن (ra'y dâdan)
• رأی‌دهنده (ra'y-dahande)
• رأی‌گیری (ra'y-giri)

Descendants

• → Bengali: রায় (raẏ)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: राय (rāy)

  Urdu: رائے (rā'ye)

Etymology 2

from Middle Persian (/rāy/, “wealth, glory, power, sense, intelligence, opinion, reason”) from Old Persian (/rāyō/)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑːj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːj]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔj]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāy
Dari reading?	rāy
Iranian reading?	rây
Tajik reading?	roy

Noun

رأی • (rây) (plural رای ها (rây hâ))

1. wealth, glory, power
2. sense, intelligence, opinion, reason

References

• Qaemmaqami, A. R., & Khatebey, A. (2013, July 9). رای و رأی ([New Persian] rāy and [arabic] ra'y). Academia.edu. Retrieved December 9, 2022.

• Mackenzie, D. N. (1971) A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. Retrieved February 19, 2023.