rani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rani"

English

WOTD – 25 November 2013, 25 November 2014

Alternative forms

• ranee

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):

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Noun

rani (plural ranis)

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

Related terms

• maharani

Translations

wife of a rajah

• Catalan: raní (ca) f
• Hindi: रानी (hi) f (rānī), राज्ञी (hi) f (rājñī)
• Indonesian: rani (id)
• Irish: bantiarna Indiach m
• Malay: rani (ms)
• Marathi: राणी f (rāṇī)
• Portuguese: rani f
• Sanskrit: राज्ञी (sa) f (rājñī)
• Spanish: raní f

Hindu princess or female ruler in India

• Hindi: रानी (hi) f (rānī), राज्ञी (hi) f (rājñī)
• Indonesian: rani (id)
• Irish: bantiarna Indiach m
• Malay: rani (ms)
• Marathi: राणी f (rāṇī)
• Portuguese: rani f
• Sanskrit: राज्ञी (sa) f (rājñī)

Anagrams

• Rina, Irân, Nair, rain, ARNI, Îrân, Rain, arni, NIRA, Iran, Īrān, Rian, ARIN, airn, RNAi, Irān, Arin

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Verb

raní

1. to go near; to get close; to be adjacent

   Antonym: rayo

Derived terms

• harani
• irani
• magrani
• pagkarani

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈrani]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ni

Noun

rani (plural rani-rani)

1. queen:
   1. queen regnant: female monarch

      Synonym: ratu

   2. queen consort: wife of a king

      Synonyms: permaisuri, ratu

Related terms

• maharani

Further reading

• “rani” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

• larenn

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)

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).

Noun

rani

1. queen

Romani

Alternative forms

• raji, rajni
• rai (International Standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”).

Noun

rani f (accusative ranǎ, nominative plural ranǎ, accusative plural raněn)

1. female equivalent of raj: madam, Mrs, lady

Derived terms

• Raji

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• rȁna

Etymology 1

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

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

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

Noun

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

1. dative/locative singular of rana

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), 2006–2025