rani

See also: răni, räni, ráni, and Rani

English

WOTD – 25 November 2014

Alternative forms

• ranee

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑː.niː/

Noun

rani (plural ranis)

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

Related terms

• maharani

Translations

wife of a rajah

• Irish: bantiarna Indiach m
• Malay: rani
• Marathi: राणी f (rāṇī)
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• Portuguese: rani f
• Spanish: raní f

Hindu princess or female ruler in India

• Irish: bantiarna Indiach m
• Malay: rani
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• Marathi: राणी f (rāṇī)
• Portuguese: rani f

Anagrams

• ARIN, Arin, Iran, NIRA, Nair, RNAi, Rian, Rina, arni, rain

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːnɪ

Noun

rani m (genitive singular rana, nominative plural ranar)

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

   Synonym: trjóna

Declension

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

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrani/

Noun

rani

1. plural of rano

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi रानी (rānī)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʁani], [ɾani]

Noun

rani

1. queen
2. female ruler

Synonyms

• larenn

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ɲi/

Verb

rani

1. third-person singular present of ranić

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Portuguese

Noun

rani f (plural ranis)

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

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Rohingya

Etymology

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

Noun

rani

1. queen

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”).

Noun

rani f

1. mistress, lady, dame
2. queen

Descendants

• Welsh Romani: råni

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• rȁna

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rȁni f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ни)

1. rani

Declension

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

References

• “rani” in Hrvatski jezični portal