Etymology
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Inherited from Sanskrit राजा (rā́jā).
𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya) m (Devanagari राय)
- a king
Descendants
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- Eastern:
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Assamese: ৰায় (ray)
- Bengali: রায় (raẏ)
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: rāy
- Devanagari script: राय
- Kaithi script: 𑂩𑂰𑂨
- Maithili: rāy
- Devanagari script: राय
- Tirhuta script: 𑒩𑒰𑒨
- Odia: ରାଏ (rae)
- Central:
- Eastern Hindi:
- Western Hindi:
- Hindustani: rāy
- Hindi: राय
- Urdu: رای (rāī)
- Northwestern:
- Punjabi: ਰਾਇ (rāi)
- Sindhi: راءِ (rāi)
- Southern:
- Old Marathi: rāe
- Devanagari script: राए
- Modi script: 𑘨𑘰𑘊
- Western:
- Old Gujarati: राय (rāya)
- Old Marwari: राय (rāy)
- → Kannada: ರಾಯ (rāya)
Further reading
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- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jan”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press