رائے

Urdu

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.eː/, /ɾɑːj/
  • Rhymes: -eː, -ɑːj
  • Hyphenation: را‧ئے

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya), from Sanskrit राजा (rā́jā, “king”). Doublet of رَاجَا (rājā).

Noun

رائے • (rāe) m (Hindi spelling राए)

  1. king
  2. the title of officials and dignitaries, as well as the kings and royal families of former India

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَای (rāy) / رأی (ra'y), from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Noun

رائے • (rāe) f (Hindi spelling राय)

  1. opinion
  2. advice
  3. (loosely) vote

Further reading
  • “رائے”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “رائے”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رائے”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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