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See also: райя

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رعایا (re'aya), from Arabic رَعَايَا (raʕāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

Pronunciation

Noun

раја (rajaf (uncountable)

  1. rayah
  2. commoners

Declension

Declension of раја
singular
indefinite раја (raja)
definite unspecified рајата (rajata)
definite proximal рајава (rajava)
definite distal рајана (rajana)
vocative рајо (rajo)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رعایا (re'aya), from Arabic رَعَايَا (raʕāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǎːja/
  • Hyphenation: ра‧ја

Noun

ра́ја f (Latin spelling rája)

  1. (historical, collectively) commoners, rayah
  2. (slang, collectively) a band, group, notably of friends
  3. (slang, collectively) a crowd

Declension