райя
See also: раја
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رعایا (reaya), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, “citizens, flock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrajːə]
Noun
ра́йя • (rájja) f inan (genitive ра́йи, nominative plural ра́йи, genitive plural missing)
- rayah, the non-Muslim population in the Ottoman Empire