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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “boss, chief, leader”), a derivation from the verb رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be in charge, to preside”).
Noun
رئیس • (reʼis) (definite accusative رئیسی (reʼisi), plural رؤسا (rüʼesâ))
- boss, chief, leader, the head of an organized group or team
- Synonym: قوجه (koca)
- (historical) reis, an Ottoman military rank akin to a naval captain
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “reis”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3951
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “reîs”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1061
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رئیس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 636
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Caput”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 151
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “رئیس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2407
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “reis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رئیس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 999
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs), from the verb رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be at the head”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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ra'īs
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| Dari reading?
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ra'īs
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| Iranian reading?
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ra'is
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| Tajik reading?
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rayis
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Noun
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رئیس
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раис
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رَئیس • (ra'is) (plural رؤسا (ro'asâ) or رؤساء (ro'asâ'))
- president
- chief, chairperson
- head
- boss
Descendants
Urdu
Pronunciation
Noun
رَئِیس • (raīs) m (formal plural رؤسا (rosā), Hindi spelling रईस)
- nobleman, a rich man, prince
- president, chief, head, chairperson, boss