رانی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani رانی / रानी (rānī, “queen”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɾaː.ˈniː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [rɑː.níː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹɒː.níː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾɔ.ní]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rānī |
| Dari reading? | rānī |
| Iranian reading? | râni |
| Tajik reading? | roni |
Noun
رانی • (râni)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ɾäː.ɳiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: را‧ݨی
Noun
راݨی • (rāṇī) f (masculine راݨا, Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਣੀ)
- queen
- an honorific for women
- the queen bee
- princess; princess consort
- (endearing) princess (often said to a daughter)
- (derogatory) a self-centred woman; majesty; queen
- (card games, chess, carrom) a queen
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | راݨی (rāṇī) | راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ) |
| oblique | راݨی (rāṇī) | راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ) |
| vocative | راݨِیے (rāṇiye) | راݨِیو (rāṇīv) |
| ablative | راݨِیوں (rāṇīvṉ) | راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ) |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
See also
| Chess pieces in Punjabi · شَطْرَن٘ج دے مُہرے (śat̤raṉj de muhre) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| راجا (rājā) بادْشاہ (bādśāh) |
وَزِیر (vazīr) راݨی (rāṇī) |
ہاتھی (hāthī) رُخ (rux) |
فِیلا (fīlā) فَرْضی (farẓī) |
گھوڑا (ghoṛā) | پیادَہ (peyādah) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رانی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਰਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.niː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: را‧نی
Noun
رانی • (rānī) f (masculine رانا (rānā), Hindi spelling रानी)
- queen
- Synonym: مَلِکَہ (malika)
- (by extension) the First Lady of a state, empire
- an honorific for Hindu women
- the queen bee
- princess; princess consort
- (derogatory) a self-centred woman; majesty
- (derogatory) a female
- (card games, chess, carrom) a queen
- (agriculture) a weed plant; wild plant
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | رانی (rānī) | رانِیاں (rāniyā̃) |
| oblique | رانی (rānī) | رانِیوں (rāniyō̃) |
| vocative | رانی (rānī) | رانِیو (rāniyō) |
Further reading
- “رانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “رانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “راني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 584
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “راني”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “رانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619