رانی

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani رانی / रानी (rānī, “queen”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? rānī
Dari reading? rānī
Iranian reading? râni
Tajik reading? roni

Noun

رانی • (râni)

  1. rani, Hindu queen

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).

Pronunciation

Noun

راݨی • (rāṇī) f (masculine راݨا, Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਣੀ)

  1. queen
  2. an honorific for women
  3. the queen bee
  4. princess; princess consort
  5. (endearing) princess (often said to a daughter)
  6. (derogatory) a self-centred woman; majesty; queen
  7. (card games, chess, carrom) a queen

Declension

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Declension of رانی
dir. sg. راݨی (rāṇī)
dir. pl. راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ)
singular plural
direct راݨی (rāṇī) راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ)
oblique راݨی (rāṇī) راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ)
vocative راݨِیے (rāṇiye) راݨِیو (rāṇīv)
ablative راݨِیوں (rāṇīvṉ) راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ)
locative — —
instrumental — —

See also

Chess pieces in Punjabi · شَطْرَن٘ج دے مُہرے (śat̤raṉj de muhre) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
راجا (rājā)
بادْشاہ (bādśāh) 		وَزِیر (vazīr)
راݨی (rāṇī) 		ہاتھی (hāthī)
رُخ (rux) 		فِیلا (fīlā)
فَرْضی (farẓī) 		گھوڑا (ghoṛā) پیادَہ (peyādah)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رانی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਰਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).

Pronunciation

Noun

رانی • (rānī) f (masculine رانا (rānā), Hindi spelling रानी)

  1. queen
    Synonym: مَلِکَہ (malika)
  2. (by extension) the First Lady of a state, empire
  3. an honorific for Hindu women
  4. the queen bee
  5. princess; princess consort
  6. (derogatory) a self-centred woman; majesty
  7. (derogatory) a female
  8. (card games, chess, carrom) a queen
  9. (agriculture) a weed plant; wild plant

Declension

    Declension of رانی
singular plural
direct رانی (rānī) رانِیاں (rāniyā̃)
oblique رانی (rānī) رانِیوں (rāniyō̃)
vocative رانی (rānī) رانِیو (rāniyō)

Further reading

  • “رانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “رانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “راني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 584
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “راني”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “رانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619
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