رائس

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Arabic

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Root
ر ء س (r ʔ s)
6 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of رَأَسَ (raʔasa, to be in charge of).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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رَائِس (rāʔism (plural رَوَائِس (rawāʔis))

  1. a valleyhead, a land formation elevated above another and adjacent to another type of topographic zone such as a body of water
    • c. 700, أُميَّةُ بن أَبي عائِذٍ الهُذَليّ [Umayya ibn ʾabī ʿāʾiḏ (al-huḏalīy)], Dīwān Huḏalīyyīn [Diwan Hodsailitarum / Hudsailian poems / Huḏaylitendiwan], page 201 verse 38 in Kosegarten’s edition:
      وَفِي غَمْرَةِ الْآلِ خِلْتُ الصُّوَى … عُرُوكًا عَلَى رَائِس يَقْسِمُونَا
      wafī ḡamrati l-ʔāli ḵiltu ṣ-ṣuwā … ʕurūkan ʕalā rāʔis yaqsimūnā
      In the overabundance of fogs I fancied the barrows … the mariners onto the valleyhead, dividing us
  2. a cloud preceding another cloud

Declension

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رَائِس (rāʔis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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رائِس (rāism (Hindi spelling राइस)

  1. chief, ruler

References

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  • رائس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • رائس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.