रानी

See also: रुनु, रोना, and रान

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi रांणी (rāṃṇī), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (rāṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”). Cognate with Assamese ৰাণী (rani), Bengali রাণী (raṇī), Odia ରାଣୀ (rāṇi), Nepali रानी (rānī), Marathi राणी (rāṇī), Gujarati રાણી (rāṇī), Punjabi ਰਾਣੀ (rāṇī), Romani rani. Distantly related to French reine.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

रानी • (rānī) f (Urdu spelling رانی)

  1. queen, princess
  2. magenta (color/colour)
  3. (chess, card games, carrom) queen

Declension

Declension of रानी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct रानी
rānī 		रानियाँ
rāniyā̃
oblique रानी
rānī 		रानियों
rāniyõ
vocative रानी
rānī 		रानियो
rāniyo

Further reading

See also

Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text)
राजा (rājā)
बादशाह (bādśāh)
शाह (śāh) 		रानी (rānī)
वज़ीर (vazīr)
मंत्री (mantrī)
बेगम (begam)
फ़रज़ी (farzī) 		हाथी (hāthī)
कश्ती (kaśtī)
रुख़ (rux) 		ऊँट (ū̃ṭ)
फ़ील (fīl)
पील (pīl) 		घोड़ा (ghoṛā) प्यादा (pyādā)
पैदल (paidal)
सिपाही (sipāhī)
Playing cards in Hindi · ताश (tāś) (layout · text)
इक्का (ikkā) दुक्की (dukkī) तिक्की (tikkī) चौका (caukā) पंजा (pañjā) छक्का (chakkā) सत्ता (sattā)
अट्ठा (aṭṭhā) नहला (nahlā) दहला (dahlā) ग़ुलाम (ġulām) रानी (rānī)
बेगम (begam) 		राजा (rājā)
बादशाह (bādśāh) 		जोकर (jokar)

Proper noun

रानी • (rānī) f

  1. a female given name, Rani

Declension

Declension of रानी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct रानी
rānī 		रानियाँ
rāniyā̃
oblique रानी
rānī 		रानियों
rāniyõ
vocative रानी
rānī 		रानियो
rāniyo

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [räni]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: रानि

Noun

रानी • (rānī) f

  1. queen
  2. term of address for the wife of a Rana or Thakuri.

Declension

Declension of रानी
Singular Plural
nominative रानी [räni] रानीहरू [räniɦʌɾu]
accusative रानीलाई [räniläi] रानीहरूलाई [räniɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative रानीले [ränile] रानीहरूले [räniɦʌɾule]
dative रानीलाई [räniläi] रानीहरूलाई [räniɦʌɾuläi]
ablative रानीबाट [ränibäʈʌ] रानीहरूबाट [räniɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive रानीको [räniko] रानीहरूको [räniɦʌɾuko]
locative रानीमा [ränimä] रानीहरूमा [räniɦʌɾumä]
Notes:
  • -को (-ko) becomes:
    • -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun.
    • -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “रानी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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