رئیس
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “boss, chief, leader”), a derivation from the verb رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be in charge, to preside”).
Noun
رئیس • (reʼis) (definite accusative رئیسی (reʼisi), plural رؤسا (rüʼesâ))
Derived terms
- رئیس افندی (reʼis efendi, “Minister of Foreign Affairs”)
- رئیس وكیلی (reʼis-i vükela, “vicepresident”)
- لیمان رئیسی (liman reʼisi, “harbor-master”)
Descendants
- Turkish: reis
- → Albanian: reis
- → Armenian: ըռէյիզ (əṙēyiz), ռէյիս (ṙēyis)
- → English: reis
- → Macedonian: реис (reis)
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “reis”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3951
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “reîs”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1061
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رئیس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 636
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Caput”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 151
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “رئیس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 2407
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رئیس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 999
Persian
Alternative forms
- رییس (rayīs / rayis)
Etymology
From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs), from the verb رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be at the head”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɾa.ˈʔiːs/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [rä.ʔíːs]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹæ.ʔíːs]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾä.jís]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ra'īs |
| Dari reading? | ra'īs |
| Iranian reading? | ra'is |
| Tajik reading? | rayis |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
رئیس • (ra'īs / ra'is) (plural رؤساء (ru'asā' / ro'asâ'), Tajik spelling раис)
Related terms
- رئیسه (ra'īsa / ra'ise, “female president, head, etc.”)
- رئیسجمهور (ra'īs-jumhūr / ra'is-jomhur)
Descendants
- → Urdu: رَئِیس (raīs)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian رَئیس (“president, boss”), itself from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “chief, boss”), from the verb رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be at the head”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾə.(ʔ)iːs/, [ɾə.iːs]
- Rhymes: -iːs
Noun
رَئِیس • (raīs) m (formal plural رُؤَسا (ruasā), Hindi spelling रईस)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | رَئِیس (raīs) | رَئِیس (raīs) |
| oblique | رَئِیس (raīs) | رَئِیسوں (raīsõ) |
| vocative | رَئِیس (raīs) | رَئِیسو (raīso) |