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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (/rāy/, “wealth, glory, power, sense, intelligence, opinion, reason”), from Old Persian (/rāyō/), a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”).[1]
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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rāy
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| Dari reading?
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rāy
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| Iranian reading?
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rây
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| Tajik reading?
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roy
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Noun
رای • (rây) (plural رایها (rây-hâ))
- wealth, glory, power
- sense, intelligence, opinion, reason
Derived terms
- برای (barây-e, “for; in order to”)
- زیرا (zirâ, “because”)
- چرا (čerâ, “why”)
References
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 451; 456
- Qaemmaqami, A. R., & Khatebey, A. (2013, July 9). رای و رأی ( rāy and ra'y). Academia.edu. Retrieved December 9, 2022.