rani

rani

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

English

• WOTD – 25 November 2013, 25 November 2014

Alternative forms

• ranee

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑː.niː/

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Noun

rani (plural ranis)

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

Related terms

• maharani

Translations

wife of a rajah

Hindi: रानी (hi) f (rānī), राज्ञी (hi) f (rāgyī) Indonesian: rani (id) Irish: bantiarna Indiach m Malay: rani Marathi: राणी f (rāṇī) Portuguese: rani f Sanskrit: राज्ञी (sa) f (rājñī) Spanish: raní f

Hindu princess or female ruler in India

Hindi: रानी (hi) f (rānī), राज्ञी (hi) f (rāgyī) Indonesian: rani (id) Irish: bantiarna Indiach m Malay: rani Marathi: राणी f (rāṇī) Portuguese: rani f Sanskrit: राज्ञी (sa) f (rājñī)

Anagrams

• ARIN, Arin, Iran, Irân, Irān, NIRA, Nair, RNAi, Rian, Rina, arni, rain

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧ni
• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈni/

Verb

raní

1. to go near; to get close; to be adjacent

   Antonym: rayo

Derived terms

• harani
• irani
• magrani
• pagkarani

 

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːnɪ

Noun

rani m (genitive singular rana, nominative plural ranar)

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

   Synonym: trjóna

Declension

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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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrani/

Noun

rani

1. plural of rano

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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

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

Noun

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

Related terms

• maharani

 

Further reading

• “rani” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi रानी (rānī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁani], [ɾani]

Noun

rani

1. queen
2. female ruler

Synonyms

• larenn

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

rani

1. third-person singular present of ranić

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Portuguese

Noun

rani f (plural ranis)

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

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Rohingya

Etymology

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

Noun

rani

1. queen

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Romani

Alternative forms

• raji, rajni
• rai (International Standard)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• Raji

Descendants

• Kalo Finnish Romani: raani
• Welsh Romani: råni

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “rāˊjñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619
2. 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. 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] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 302a

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• rȁna

Etymology 1

From Hindi रानी (rānī) / Urdu رانی‎ (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rȁni f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ни)

1. rani

Declension

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rani

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

Noun

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

1. dative/locative singular of rana

References

• “rani” in Hrvatski jezični portal