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English
Etymology
From Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”). Doublet of Regina.
Pronunciation
Noun
rani (plural ranis)
- The wife of a rajah.
- A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.
Translations
Hindu princess or female ruler in India
Anagrams
- Rina, Irân, Nair, rain, ARNI, Îrân, Rain, arni, NIRA, Iran, Īrān, Rian, ARIN, airn, RNAi, Irān, Arin
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ra‧ni
- IPA(key): /ɾaˈni/
Verb
raní
- to go near; to get close; to be adjacent
- Antonym: rayo
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse rani.
Pronunciation
Noun
rani m (genitive singular rana, nominative plural ranar)
- (anatomy) proboscis
- trunk (of an elephant)
- snout (of other animals)
- Synonym: trjóna
Declension
Declension of rani (masculine)
Ido
Pronunciation
Noun
rani
- plural of rano
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay rani, from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (rāṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂.
Pronunciation
Noun
rani (plural rani-rani)
- queen:
- queen regnant: female monarch
- Synonym: ratu
- queen consort: wife of a king
- Synonyms: permaisuri, ratu
Further reading
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From Hindi रानी (rānī).
Pronunciation
Noun
rani
- queen
- female ruler
Synonyms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈra.ɲi/
- Rhymes: -aɲi
- Syllabification: ra‧ni
Verb
rani
- third-person singular present of ranić
Portuguese
Noun
rani f (plural ranis)
- rani (wife of a rajah)
- rani (Hindu princess or female ruler in India)
Rohingya
Etymology
From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).
Noun
rani
- queen
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”).[1][2]
Noun
rani f (accusative ranǎ, nominative plural ranǎ, accusative plural raněn)
- female equivalent of raj: madam,[3] Mrs,[3] lady[1][2][3]
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rāˊjñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “raní”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 242b
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i ran/i¹, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 302a
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /râni/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ni
Noun
rȁni f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ни)
- rani
Declension
Declension of rani
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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rani
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rani
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genitive
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rani
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rani
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dative
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rani
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ranima
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accusative
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rani
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rani
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vocative
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rani
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rani
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locative
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rani
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ranima
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instrumental
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rani
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ranima
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
rani
- inflection of ran:
- masculine nominative/vocative plural
- definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
- definite inanimate masculine accusative singular
Noun
rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)
- dative/locative singular of rana
Verb
rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)
- inflection of raniti:
- third-person singular present
- second-person singular imperative
- second/third-person singular imperfect past
References
- “rani”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024