रै
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ৰৈ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬿ (Balinese script)
- রৈ (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑁃 (Brahmi script)
- ရဲ (Burmese script)
- રૈ (Gujarati script)
- ਰੈ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑍈 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦻ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂶 (Kaithi script)
- ರೈ (Kannada script)
- រៃ (Khmer script)
- ໄຣ (Lao script)
- രൈ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘺 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐿 (Newa script)
- ରୈ (Odia script)
- ꢬꣀ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆽 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖹 (Siddham script)
- රෛ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩗 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚳 (Takri script)
- ரை (Tamil script)
- రై (Telugu script)
- ไร (Thai script)
- རཻ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, riches”). Cognate with Latin rēs. Doublet of रयि (rayi); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɑ́ːj/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɑj/
Noun
रै • (raí) stem, m or f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | राः (rā́ḥ) | रायौ (rā́yau) | रायः (rā́yaḥ) |
| accusative | रायम् (rā́yam) राम् (rā́m) |
रायौ (rā́yau) | रायः (rā́yaḥ) रायः (rāyáḥ) राः (rā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | राया (rāyā́) राय्या (rāyyā́) |
राभ्याम् (rābhyā́m) | राभिः (rābhíḥ) |
| dative | राये (rāyé) | राभ्याम् (rābhyā́m) | राभ्यः (rābhyáḥ) |
| ablative | रायः (rāyáḥ) | राभ्याम् (rābhyā́m) | राभ्यः (rābhyáḥ) |
| genitive | रायः (rāyáḥ) रायः (rā́yaḥ) |
रायोः (rāyóḥ) | रायाम् (rāyā́m) रायअम् (rāyáam) राय्यम् (rāyyám) |
| locative | रायि (rāyí) | रायोः (rāyóḥ) | रासु (rāsú) |
| vocative | राः (rā́ḥ) | रायौ (rā́yau) | रायः (rā́yaḥ) |
The declension is the same for masculine and feminine.
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “रै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 888, column 1.