रईस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رئیس (ra'īs), from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs). Compare Punjabi ਰਈਸ (raīsa) / رئیس (r'īs), Gujarati રઈસ (raīsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.iːs/, [ɾɐ.iːs]

Noun

रईस • (raīs) m (Urdu spelling رئیس)

1. nobleman, aristocrat

Declension

Declension of रईस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रईस raīs	रईस raīs
oblique	रईस raīs	रईसों raīsõ
vocative	रईस raīs	रईसो raīso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रईस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press