रानी
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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi रांणी (rāṃṇī), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (rāṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”). Cognate with Assamese ৰাণী (rani), Bengali রাণী (raṇī), Odia ରାଣୀ (rāṇi), Nepali रानी (rānī), Marathi राणी (rāṇī), Gujarati રાણી (rāṇī), Punjabi ਰਾਣੀ (rāṇī), Romani rani. Distantly related to French reine.
Pronunciation
Noun
रानी • (rānī) f (Urdu spelling رانی)
Declension
Declension of रानी (fem ī-stem)
Further reading
रानी on the Hindi Wikipedia.Wikipedia hi- रानी (रंग) on the Hindi Wikipedia.Wikipedia hi
See also
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| राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh) |
रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī) |
हाथी (hāthī) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux) |
ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl) |
घोड़ा (ghoṛā) | प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī) |
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| इक्का (ikkā) | दुक्की (dukkī) | तिक्की (tikkī) | चौका (caukā) | पंजा (pañjā) | छक्का (chakkā) | सत्ता (sattā) |
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| अट्ठा (aṭṭhā) | नहला (nahlā) | दहला (dahlā) | ग़ुलाम (ġulām) | रानी (rānī) बेगम (begam) |
राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) |
जोकर (jokar) |
Proper noun
रानी • (rānī) f
- a female given name, Rani
Declension
Declension of रानी (fem ī-stem)
Nepali
Pronunciation
Noun
रानी • (rānī) f
Declension
| Declension of रानी | |||
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| Singular | Plural | ||
| nominative | रानी | रानीहरू | |
| accusative | रानीलाई | रानीहरूलाई | |
| instrumental/ergative | रानीले | रानीहरूले | |
| dative | रानीलाई | रानीहरूलाई | |
| ablative | रानीबाट | रानीहरूबाट | |
| genitive | रानीको | रानीहरूको | |
| locative | रानीमा | रानीहरूमा | |
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References
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “रानी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar