rani

• ranee

From Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”). Doublet of Regina.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑː.niː/

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rani (plural ranis)

1. The wife of a rajah.
2. A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

• maharani

• Rina, Irân, Nair, rain, ARNI, Îrân, Rain, arni, NIRA, Iran, Īrān, Rian, ARIN, airn, RNAi, Irān, Arin

• Hyphenation: ra‧ni
• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈni/ [ɾaˈn̪i]

raní

1. to go near; to get close; to be adjacent

   Antonym: rayo

From Old Norse rani.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːnɪ

rani m (genitive singular rana, nominative plural ranar)

1. (anatomy) proboscis
   1. trunk (of an elephant)
   2. snout (of other animals)

   Synonym: trjóna

• IPA^(key): /ˈrani/

rani

1. plural of rano

From Malay rani, from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (rāṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrani/ [ˈra.ni]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: ra‧ni

rani (plural rani-rani)

1. queen:
   1. queen regnant: female monarch

      Synonym: ratu

   2. queen consort: wife of a king

      Synonyms: permaisuri, ratu

• “rani” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

rani

1. Rōmaji transcription of らに

From Hindi रानी (rānī).

• IPA^(key): [ɰani], [ɾani]

rani

1. queen
2. female ruler

• larenn

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: ra‧ni

rani

1. third-person singular present of ranić

rani f (plural ranis)

1. rani (wife of a rajah)
2. rani (Hindu princess or female ruler in India)

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).

rani

1. queen

• raji, rajni
• rai (International Standard)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen, princess”).^[1][2]

rani f (accusative ranǎ, nominative plural ranǎ, accusative plural raněn)

1. female equivalent of raj: madam,^[3] Mrs,^[3] lady^[1][2][3]

• Raji

• rȁna

Borrowed from Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”).

• IPA^(key): /râni/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ni

rȁni f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ни)

1. rani

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

1. inflection of ran:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

1. dative/locative singular of rana

rani (Cyrillic spelling рани)

1. inflection of raniti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second/third-person singular imperfect past

• “rani”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025