रानी

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See also: रुनु, रोना, and रान

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

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.niː/,

Noun

रानी • (rānī) f (Urdu spelling رانی)

  1. queen, princess
  2. magenta (color/colour)
  3. (chess, card games, carrom) queen

Declension

Declension of रानी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct रानी
rānī 		रानियाँ
rāniyā̃
oblique रानी
rānī 		रानियों
rāniyõ
vocative रानी
rānī 		रानियो
rāniyo

Further reading

Proper noun

रानी • (rānī) f

  1. a female given name, Rani

Declension

Declension of रानी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct रानी
rānī 		रानियाँ
rāniyā̃
oblique रानी
rānī 		रानियों
rāniyõ
vocative रानी
rānī 		रानियो
rāniyo

Nepali

Pronunciation

Noun

रानी • (rānī) f

  1. queen
  2. term of address for the wife of a Rana or Thakuri.

Declension

Declension of रानी
Singular Plural
nominative रानी रानीहरू
accusative रानीलाई रानीहरूलाई
instrumental/ergative रानीले रानीहरूले
dative रानीलाई रानीहरूलाई
ablative रानीबाट रानीहरूबाट
genitive रानीको रानीहरूको
locative रानीमा रानीहरूमा
Notes:
  • -को (-ko) becomes:
    • -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun.
    • -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “रानी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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