رأی

See also: رای, رأي, رأى, راي, and زاي

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈraʔj/

 

• (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]

• Rhymes: -aʔj

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

Noun

Dari	رأی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	раъй

رأی • (ra'y) (plural آراء, or رأی‌ها (ra'y-hā / ra'y-hâ), Tajik spelling раъй)

1. opinion, view
2. vote

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → Bengali: রায় (raẏ)
• → Chagatai: رأی (rʾy /⁠rä'y⁠/)
  • Uyghur: راي (ray)
  • Uzbek: raʼy, roy, royi
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: राय (rāy)

  Urdu: رائے (rāe)