رئیس

See also: رئيس and رییس

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))

1. boss, chief, leader, the head of an organized group or team

   Synonym: قوجه (koca)

2. (historical) reis, an Ottoman military rank akin to a naval captain

Derived terms

• رئیس افندی (reʼis efendi, “Minister of Foreign Affairs”)
• رئیس وكیلی (reʼis-i vükela, “vicepresident”)
• لیمان رئیسی (liman reʼisi, “harbor-master”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: reis
• → Armenian: ըռէյիզ (əṙēyiz), ռէյիս (ṙēyis)
• → English: reis
• → Macedonian: реис (reis)

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^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1061
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رئیس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], 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^[3], 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^[4], Vienna, column 2407
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “reis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رئیس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 999

Persian

Alternative forms

• رییس (ra'is)

Etymology

From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs), from the verb رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be at the head”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾa.ˈʔiːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.ʔíːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.ʔíːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rä.jíːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rä.jís]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæ.ʔíːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.jís]

Readings
Classical reading?	ra'īs
Dari reading?	ra'īs
Iranian reading?	ra'is
Tajik reading?	rayis

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	رئیس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	раис

رَئیس • (ra'is) (plural رؤسا (ro'asâ) or رؤساء (ro'asâ'))

1. president
2. chief, chairperson
3. head
4. boss

Related terms

• رئیسه (ra'ise, “female president, head, etc.”)
• رئیس‌جمهور (ra'is-jomhur)

Descendants

• → Urdu: رَئِیس (raīs)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.(ʔ)iːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

رَئِیس • (raīs) m (formal plural رؤسا (rosā), Hindi spelling रईस)

1. nobleman, a rich man, prince
2. president, chief, head, chairperson, boss