رای

See also: رأی

Persian

Alternative forms

• ره (ra) (dialectal, Dashtestan, Khesht)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠rāy⁠/, “wealth, glory, power, sense, intelligence, opinion, reason”), from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠rāyō⁠/), a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑːj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːj]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔj]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāy
Dari reading?	rāy
Iranian reading?	rây
Tajik reading?	roy

Noun

رای • (rây) (plural رای‌ها (rây-hâ))

1. wealth, glory, power
2. sense, intelligence, opinion, reason

Derived terms

• برای (barây-e, “for; in order to”)
• زیرا (zirâ, “because”)
• چرا (čerâ, “why”)

References

• Qaemmaqami, A. R., & Khatebey, A. (2013, July 9). رای و رأی ([New Persian] rāy and [arabic] ra'y). Academia.edu. Retrieved December 9, 2022.

• Mackenzie, D. N. (1971) A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. Retrieved February 19, 2023.