raya

See also: Raya, rayá, raỹa, raþa, and -raya

English

Etymology 1

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raya (country subdivision)

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• raia

Noun

raya (plural rayas)

1. (historical) A former territory of the mediaeval principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia held under the direct administration of the Ottoman Empire, as opposed to the principalities.

Etymology 2

Noun

raya (plural rayas)

1. Alternative form of rayah.

Anagrams

• Arya, Yara, yaar

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish raya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaja/ [ˈɾa.ja]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ya

Noun

ráya (Basahan spelling ᜍᜌ)

1. stripe
2. row

   Synonyms: talay, taytay

Derived terms

• magraya
• rayahan
• rayahon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈjaʔ/ [ɾaˈjaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ya

Noun

rayâ (Basahan spelling ᜍᜌ)

1. trauma (emotional wound)

   Synonyms: trawma, troma

Derived terms

• makaraya
• maraya

Dusun Deyah

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq.

Noun

raya

1. blood

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

raya

1. third-person singular past historic of rayer

Noun

raya m (plural rayas)

1. rayah, member of the non-Muslim population of the Ottoman empire
   • 1845, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Voyage en Bulgarie 1841, chapitre VII

     Il était évident que le vizir Hussein, musulman avant tout, avait vu avec déplaisir l’insurrection de Bulgarie, mais que son équité naturelle réprouvait les exactions infligées aux rayas.

     It was clear that the vizier Hussein, a Muslim above all, had viewed the uprising in Bulgaria with displeasure, but his natural sense of fairness condemned the brutality inflicted on the rayahs.

Further reading

• “raya”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• raja (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay raya, from Proto-Malayic *raya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ja/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ya

Adjective

raya

1. big; large

   Synonym: besar

2. grand
3. great

Derived terms

• perayaan
• rayakan

• bandar raya
• hari raya
• Indonesia Raya
• jalan raya
• lebuh raya
• pasaraya

Further reading

• “raya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”), from Proto-Austronesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”).

Since the prestige dialect of Makasar is spoken on the western coast of the South Sulawesi peninsula, the originally relative meaning "toward the interior" was lexicalized as "east(wards)". In the Turatea and Bantaeng dialects which are located on the southern coast, raya means "north".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraja]

Adverb

raya (Lontara spelling ᨑᨐ)

1. (Standard, Makasar) east

   Antonym: lau'

2. (Bantaeng, Turatea) north

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *raya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [ra.jə]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -ajə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [ra.ja]
  • Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: ra‧ya

Adjective

raya (Jawi spelling راي, comparative lebih raya, superlative paling raya)

1. great; big

   Synonyms: agung, besar, gedang

   Antonym: kecil

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perayaan [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
• merayakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dirayakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• beraya [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• raya-raya [reduplication] (redup)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• bandar raya
• balai raya
• duit raya
• hari raya
• Hari Raya Aidilfitri
• Hari Raya Puasa
• Hari Raya Qurban
• jalan raya
• lebuh raya
• pasar raya
• pilihan raya

Descendants

• Indonesian: raya
• → Javanese: raya
• → Madurese: rajâ

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “راي raja”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 4
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “راي raya”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 320
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “raya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 321

Further reading

• “raya”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• "raya" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Phuthi

Etymology

From Sotho raha.

Verb

-raya

1. to kick

Inflection

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