ری

See also: زی, ري, زي, and ژی

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ldy /⁠Ray⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎥𐎠 (Ragā), a Median district. Compare Akkadian 𒊏𒂵𒀪 (ra-ga-'), Elamite 𒊩𒋡𒀭 (rák-ka₄-an) (loc.), Ancient Greek Ῥάγαι (Rhágai), Latin Rhagae, Rhaganae, Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räj]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹej]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäj]

Readings
Classical reading?	ray
Dari reading?	ray
Iranian reading?	rey
Tajik reading?	ray

Proper noun

ری • (ray / rey) (Tajik spelling Рай)

1. Ray (a city in Iran)
2. (historical) Ray (province or satrapy)

Derived terms

• رازی (rāzī / râzi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Rey
• → Chagatai: ری (ry /⁠räy⁠/)
  • Uzbek: Ray
• → Ottoman Turkish: ری (Rey)
  • Turkish: Rey

Etymology 2

Preposition

ری • (rī / ri) (Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Hazaragi, and Dashtestan)

1. dialectal form of روی (rōy / ruy, “on, above, upon”)