райя

See also: раја

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رعایا (reaya), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, citizens, flock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrajːə]

Noun

ра́йя • (rájjaf inan (genitive ра́йи, nominative plural ра́йи, genitive plural missing)

  1. rayah, the non-Muslim population in the Ottoman Empire

Declension