Raya

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See also: raya, rayá, raỹa, raþa, and -raya

English

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Proper noun

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Raya (plural Rayas)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Raya is the 4894th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7198 individuals. Raya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.05%) individuals.

Noun

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Raya (plural Rayas)

  1. (Malaysia, informal) Ellipsis of Hari Raya Aidilfitri., Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of the Ramadan fast.
    I will be back home for Raya.
    Raya traffic jams, Raya makeover

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Proper noun

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Raya

  1. a female given name from Malay

Kavalan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Raya

  1. big, large, great
    Raya mata ni sunis.
    The child's eyes are big.
    Raya ya bettu a yau uzusa.
    Those two big stones.
  2. fat (trunk of the body)
  3. strong (as wind)
  4. plenty; large in amount
    Raya iku ti, qawia ti muwaza kelisiw ku.
    I'll have plenty of money when I grow up.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19)‎[1], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

Malay

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Proper noun

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Raya

  1. a female given name

Noun

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Raya (plural Raya-Raya, informal 1st possessive Rayaku, 2nd possessive Rayamu, 3rd possessive Rayanya)

  1. (Malaysia, informal) Ellipsis of Hari Raya Aidilfitri., Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of the Ramadan fast.
  2. (Malaysia, informal) any important celebratory occasion of a similar scale
    Raya Haji: Eid al-Adha
    Raya Cina: Chinese New Year

Derived terms

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  • duit raya (money given as a gift for Eid al-Fitr)

See also

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