rani

rani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rani"

English

WOTD – 25 November 2013, 25 November 2014

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rani (plural ranis)

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

Translations

Anagrams

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

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

Verb

raní

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

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Sound-symbolic[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑni/, [ˈrɑ̝ni]
  • Rhymes: -ɑni
  • Syllabification(key): ra‧ni
  • Hyphenation(key): ra‧ni

Noun

rani

  1. (dialectal) an object that is in poor condition

Declension

Inflection of rani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative rani ranit
genitive ranin ranien
partitive rania raneja
illative raniin raneihin
singular plural
nominative rani ranit
accusative nom. rani ranit
gen. ranin
genitive ranin ranien
partitive rania raneja
inessive ranissa raneissa
elative ranista raneista
illative raniin raneihin
adessive ranilla raneilla
ablative ranilta raneilta
allative ranille raneille
essive ranina raneina
translative raniksi raneiksi
abessive ranitta raneitta
instructive ranein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ranini ranini
accusative nom. ranini ranini
gen. ranini
genitive ranini ranieni
partitive raniani ranejani
inessive ranissani raneissani
elative ranistani raneistani
illative raniini raneihini
adessive ranillani raneillani
ablative raniltani raneiltani
allative ranilleni raneilleni
essive raninani raneinani
translative ranikseni raneikseni
abessive ranittani raneittani
instructive
comitative raneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ranisi ranisi
accusative nom. ranisi ranisi
gen. ranisi
genitive ranisi raniesi
partitive raniasi ranejasi
inessive ranissasi raneissasi
elative ranistasi raneistasi
illative raniisi raneihisi
adessive ranillasi raneillasi
ablative raniltasi raneiltasi
allative ranillesi raneillesi
essive raninasi raneinasi
translative raniksesi raneiksesi
abessive ranittasi raneittasi
instructive
comitative raneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ranimme ranimme
accusative nom. ranimme ranimme
gen. ranimme
genitive ranimme raniemme
partitive raniamme ranejamme
inessive ranissamme raneissamme
elative ranistamme raneistamme
illative raniimme raneihimme
adessive ranillamme raneillamme
ablative raniltamme raneiltamme
allative ranillemme raneillemme
essive raninamme raneinamme
translative raniksemme raneiksemme
abessive ranittamme raneittamme
instructive
comitative raneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative raninne raninne
accusative nom. raninne raninne
gen. raninne
genitive raninne ranienne
partitive ranianne ranejanne
inessive ranissanne raneissanne
elative ranistanne raneistanne
illative raniinne raneihinne
adessive ranillanne raneillanne
ablative raniltanne raneiltanne
allative ranillenne raneillenne
essive raninanne raneinanne
translative raniksenne raneiksenne
abessive ranittanne raneittanne
instructive
comitative raneinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative raninsa raninsa
accusative nom. raninsa raninsa
gen. raninsa
genitive raninsa raniensa
partitive raniaan
raniansa
ranejaan
ranejansa
inessive ranissaan
ranissansa
raneissaan
raneissansa
elative ranistaan
ranistansa
raneistaan
raneistansa
illative raniinsa raneihinsa
adessive ranillaan
ranillansa
raneillaan
raneillansa
ablative raniltaan
raniltansa
raneiltaan
raneiltansa
allative ranilleen
ranillensa
raneilleen
raneillensa
essive raninaan
raninansa
raneinaan
raneinansa
translative ranikseen
raniksensa
raneikseen
raneiksensa
abessive ranittaan
ranittansa
raneittaan
raneittansa
instructive
comitative raneineen
raneinensa

References

  1. ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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 (masculine)
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

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrani/

Noun

rani

  1. plural of rano

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

Noun

rani (plural rani-rani)

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

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

rani

  1. Rōmaji transcription of らに

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi रानी (rānī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɰani], [ɾani]

Noun

rani

  1. queen
  2. female ruler

Synonyms

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

rani

  1. third-person singular present of ranić

Portuguese

Noun

rani f (plural ranis)

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

Further reading

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, queen, princess).

Noun

rani

  1. queen

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, queen, princess).[1][2]

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

References

  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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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 (Cyrillic spelling рани)

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

  1. dative/locative singular of rana

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

  1. inflection of raniti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second/third-person singular imperfect past

References

  • rani”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026