राई

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.iː/, [ɾäː.iː]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀆 (rāiā), from Sanskrit राजिका (rājikā). Doublet of राजिका (rājikā).

राई • (rāī) f (Urdu spelling رائی)

1. a mustard seed
2. a tiny particle, grain

• रायता (rāytā)
• राई का पहाड़ बनाना (rāī kā pahāṛ banānā)

Perhaps a contraction of *रायाई (rāyāī), from राय (rāy, “king”) +‎ -आई (-āī, “-ness”).

राई • (rāī) f

1. (rare or dated) the state of being a king; kingship, highness, sovereignty

   Synonyms: बादशाहत (bādśāhat), राजता (rājtā), राजत्व (rājatva), नृपत्व (nŕpatva)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

राई • (rāī) m

1. alternative form of राय (rāy, “king”)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “राई”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “राई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “राई”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “राई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rāī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 618

• IPA^(key): /ɾai/, [ɾaiː]
• Hyphenation: राई
• Rhymes: -ai

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘨𑘰𑘃 (rāī), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀆 (rāiā), from Sanskrit राजिका (rājikā).

राई • (rāī) f

1. mustard seed

   Synonym: (more common) मोहरी (mohrī)

• राईचा पर्वत करणे (rāīcā parvat karṇe, “make a mountain out of a molehill”)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘨𑘰𑘃 (rāī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀈 (rāī), from Sanskrit राजि (rā́ji).

राई • (rāī) f

1. grove

   Synonyms: उपवन (upvan), वाटिका (vāṭikā), वृक्षवाटिका (vrukṣavāṭikā)