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English
Proper noun
Raya (plural Rayas)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Raya is the 4894th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7198 individuals. Raya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.05%) individuals.
Noun
Raya (plural Rayas)
- (Malaysia, informal) Ellipsis of Hari Raya Aidilfitri., Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of the Ramadan fast.
- I will be back home for Raya.
- Raya traffic jams, Raya makeover
Anagrams
Indonesian
Proper noun
Raya
- a female given name from Malay
Kavalan
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Raya
- big, large, great
Raya mata ni sunis.- The child's eyes are big.
Raya ya bettu a yau uzusa.- Those two big stones.
- fat (trunk of the body)
- strong (as wind)
- plenty; large in amount
Raya iku ti, qawia ti muwaza kelisiw ku.- I'll have plenty of money when I grow up.
Derived terms
References
- Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19), Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica
Malay
Proper noun
Raya
- a female given name
Noun
Raya (plural Raya-Raya, informal 1st possessive Rayaku, 2nd possessive Rayamu, 3rd possessive Rayanya)
- (Malaysia, informal) Ellipsis of Hari Raya Aidilfitri., Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of the Ramadan fast.
- (Malaysia, informal) any important celebratory occasion of a similar scale
- Raya Haji: Eid al-Adha
- Raya Cina: Chinese New Year
Derived terms
- duit raya (“money given as a gift for Eid al-Fitr”)
See also