raha

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

raha

1. blood

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language, compare Old Norse skrá.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha (genitive raha, partitive raha)

1. money

• raha in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “raha”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Proto-Finnic *raha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”) (later Proto-Germanic *skrahō; compare Old Norse skrá). Originally, this meant the fur of squirrel, since that was a payment instrument before bills and coins were introduced.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧ha

raha

1. money (means of exchange and measure of value)

   Synonyms: (all colloquial) fyffe, fyrkendaali, fyrkka, hillo, hinta, hynä, kahiseva, mani, massi, nappula, oravannahka, paalu, pelimerkki, pätäkkä, rahna, saldo, tuohi, valuutta

   olla rahaa (for = illative, to do = first infinitive) ― to afford, have the money for

2. cash, piece of currency, money (hard cash, money as item; usually a coin when in the singular)

   Synonym: käteinen

   Hyponyms: kolikko, seteli

   kahden euron raha ― a two-euro coin

   Minulla ei ole rahaa.

   I'm out of cash.

3. (usually in the plural) money (available liquid assets, or the assets necessary for something)

   Synonym: käteisvarat

   Minulla on rahat asunnon ostoa varten.

   I have the money to buy an apartment.

4. money, wealth

   Synonym: varallisuus

5. (colloquial) money, currency

   Synonym: valuutta

6. (obsolete) squirrel pelt

• When speaking of money in general, one uses the singular form raha, but when speaking of a certain amount of money as a whole, one uses the plural form rahat. The distinction is often translated into English by the usage of the definite article.

• käteinen
• maksuväline
• valuutta

• “raha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• hara

From Proto-Finnic *raha. Cognates include Finnish raha and Estonian raha.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha

1. money

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “рагга”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 687
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 461

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language.

raha

1. money

From Proto-Western-Bisayan *rahaq. Compare Aklanon eaha and Cuyunon raa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾahaʔ/, (verb)

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈhaʔ/, (adjective)

rahà

1. to cook

rahâ

1. cooked

Borrowed from Spanish rajá, from French radjah, rajah, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈha/,

rahá

1. rajah (title for a sovereign in pre-colonial Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish raja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaha/,

raha

1. split firewood

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑː.xɑ/,

rāha m (nominative plural rāhan)

1. (Early OE) Alternative form of rā

Weak:

Unknown, probably from borrowed from Prakrit rāya-, rāā, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “sovereign, prince”). Doublet of daha and rāja. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ra.ha/
• Rhymes: -ha
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha

1. rule

• rāha

• "raha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

raha

1. to kick

• → Phuthi: -raya

Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

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raha class IX (no plural)

1. happiness, joy
2. comfort

Borrowed from Spanish rajá, from French radjah, rajah, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan). Penultimate stress is influenced by English rajah, with the ⟨j⟩ being pronounced as in Spanish /x/, corresponding to /h/ in Tagalog. Supplanted the older form ladya.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaha/ , /ɾaˈha/
• Rhymes: -aha, -a
• Syllabification: ra‧ha

raha or rahá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑ)

1. rajah (title of a sovereign in most of pre-16th century Philippine Islands)

   Synonym: ladya

• “raha”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “raha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 842
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 492

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language.

raha

1. money

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “деньги”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *raha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”).

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha

1. money

   Synonym: dengõd

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “raha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn