rani

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See also: Rani, raní, ran̪i, răni, räni, ráni, råni, and râni

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Hindustani रानी (rānī) / رانی‎ (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”). Doublet of Regina.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑː.niː/
    • Audio (UK)(file)

Noun[edit]

rani (plural ranis)

  1. The wife of a rajah.
  2. A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

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Translations[edit]

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Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ra‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ɾaˈni/

Verb[edit]

raní

  1. to go near; to get close; to be adjacent
    Antonym: rayo

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Icelandic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse rani.

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Noun[edit]

rani m (genitive singular rana, nominative plural ranar)

  1. (anatomy) proboscis
    1. trunk (of an elephant)
    2. snout (of other animals)
    Synonym: trjóna

Declension[edit]

declension of rani
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rani raninn ranar ranarnir
accusative rana ranann rana ranana
dative rana rananum rönum rönunum
genitive rana ranans rana rananna

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rani

  1. plural of rano

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay rani, from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (rāṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈrani]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ni

Noun[edit]

rani (plural rani-rani, first-person possessive raniku, second-person possessive ranimu, third-person possessive raninya)

  1. queen:
    1. queen regnant: female monarch
      Synonym: ratu
    2. queen consort: wife of a king
      Synonyms: permaisuri, ratu

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Further reading[edit]

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hindi रानी (rānī).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rani

  1. queen
  2. female ruler

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ɲi/
  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: ra‧ni

Verb[edit]

rani

  1. third-person singular present of ranić

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

rani f (plural ranis)

  1. rani (wife of a rajah)
  2. rani (Hindu princess or female ruler in India)

Rohingya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Bengali, from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).

Noun[edit]

rani

  1. queen

Romani[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”).[1][2] By surface analysis, raj +‎ -ni (feminine suffix).

Noun[edit]

rani f (accusative ranǎ, nominative plural ranǎ, accusative plural raněn)

  1. female equivalent of raj: madam,[3] Mrs,[3] lady[1][2][3]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: raani
  • Welsh Romani: råni

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “rāˊjñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “raní”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 242b
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i ran/i¹, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 302a

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Hindi रानी (rānī) / Urdu رانی‎ (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /râni/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ni

Noun[edit]

rȁni f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ни)

  1. rani
Declension[edit]
Declension of rani
singular plural
nominative rani rani
genitive rani rani
dative rani ranima
accusative rani rani
vocative rani rani
locative rani ranima
instrumental rani ranima

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

rani

  1. inflection of ran:
    1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
    2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
    3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Noun[edit]

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

  1. dative/locative singular of rana

References[edit]

  • “rani” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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