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rani

See also: Rani, raní, ran̪i, rání, răni, räni, ráni, råni, and râni

English edit

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Etymology edit

From Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”). Doublet of Regina.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑː.niː/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun edit

rani (plural ranis)

  1. The wife of a rajah.
  2. A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

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Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ra‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ɾaˈni/, [ɾaˈn̪i]

Verb edit

raní

  1. to go near; to get close; to be adjacent
    Antonym: rayo

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Icelandic edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse rani.

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rani m (genitive singular rana, nominative plural ranar)

  1. (anatomy) proboscis
    1. trunk (of an elephant)
    2. snout (of other animals)
    Synonym: trjóna

Declension edit

declension of rani
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rani raninn ranar ranarnir
accusative rana ranann rana ranana
dative rana rananum rönum rönunum
genitive rana ranans rana rananna

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Noun edit

rani

  1. plural of rano

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈrani]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ni

Noun edit

rani (plural rani-rani, first-person possessive raniku, second-person possessive ranimu, third-person possessive raninya)

  1. queen:
    1. queen regnant: female monarch
      Synonym: ratu
    2. queen consort: wife of a king
      Synonyms: permaisuri, ratu

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Further reading edit

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Hindi रानी (rānī).

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Noun edit

rani

  1. queen
  2. female ruler

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Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ɲi/
  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: ra‧ni

Verb edit

rani

  1. third-person singular present of ranić

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Noun edit

rani f (plural ranis)

  1. rani (wife of a rajah)
  2. rani (Hindu princess or female ruler in India)

Rohingya edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).

Noun edit

rani

  1. queen

Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”).[1][2] By surface analysis, raj +‎ -ni (feminine suffix).

Noun edit

rani f (accusative ranǎ, nominative plural ranǎ, accusative plural raněn)

  1. female equivalent of raj: madam,[3] Mrs,[3] lady[1][2][3]

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Descendants edit

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: raani
  • Welsh Romani: råni

References edit

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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

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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /râni/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ni

Noun edit

rȁni f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ни)

  1. rani
Declension edit
Declension of rani
singular plural
nominative rani rani
genitive rani rani
dative rani ranima
accusative rani rani
vocative rani rani
locative rani ranima
instrumental rani ranima

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

rani

  1. inflection of ran:
    1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
    2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
    3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Noun edit

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

  1. dative/locative singular of rana

References edit

  • “rani” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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