रैति

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi रैयत (raiyat), from Classical Persian رَعِیَت (ra'iyat), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʌi̯t̪i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: रैति

Noun

रैति • (raiti)

1. tenant; subject

Declension

Declension of रैति
	Singular	Plural
nominative	रैति [rʌi̯t̪i]	रैतिहरू [rʌi̯t̪iɦʌɾu]
accusative	रैतिलाई [rʌi̯t̪iläi]	रैतिहरूलाई [rʌi̯t̪iɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	रैतिले [rʌi̯t̪ile]	रैतिहरूले [rʌi̯t̪iɦʌɾule]
dative	रैतिलाई [rʌi̯t̪iläi]	रैतिहरूलाई [rʌi̯t̪iɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	रैतिबाट [rʌi̯t̪ibäʈʌ]	रैतिहरूबाट [rʌi̯t̪iɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	रैतिको [rʌi̯t̪iko]	रैतिहरूको [rʌi̯t̪iɦʌɾuko]
locative	रैतिमा [rʌi̯t̪imä]	रैतिहरूमा [rʌi̯t̪iɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “रैति”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 542