ری

See also: زی, ري, زي, and ژی

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ldy /⁠Ray⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎥𐎠 (Ragā), a Median district. Compare Akkadian 𒊏𒂵𒀪 (ra-ga-'), Elamite 𒊩𒋡𒀭 (rák-ka₄-an) (loc.), Ancient Greek Ῥάγαι (Rhágai), Latin Rhagae, Rhaganae, Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaj/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räj]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [räj]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räj]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹej]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäj]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ray
Dari reading^?	ray
Iranian reading^?	rey
Tajik reading^?	ray

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	ری
Dari	ری
Tajik	Рай

ری • (rey)

Ray (a city in Iran)
(historical) Ray (province or satrapy)

Derived terms

رازی (râzi)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: Rey
→ Chagatai: ری
- Uzbek: Ray
→ Ottoman Turkish: ری (Rey)
- Turkish: Rey

Etymology 2

Preposition

ری • (ri)

(dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) on
(dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) above
(dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) upon