رانی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani رانی / रानी (rānī, “queen”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	rānī
Dari reading?	rānī
Iranian reading?	râni
Tajik reading?	ronī

Noun

رانی • (râni)

1. rani, Hindu queen

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾäː.ɳiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: را‧ݨی

Noun

راݨی • (rāṇī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਣੀ)

1. queen
2. an honorific for women
3. the queen bee
4. princess; princess consort
5. (endearing) princess (often said to a daughter)
6. (derogatory) a self-centred woman; majesty; queen
7. (card games, chess, carrom) a queen

Declension

Declension of رانی
dir. sg.	راݨی (rāṇī)
dir. pl.	راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	راݨی (rāṇī)	راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ)
oblique	راݨی (rāṇī)	راݨِیاں (rāṇīyāṉ)
vocative	راݨِیے (rāṇiye)	راݨِیو (rāṇīv)
ablative	راݨِیوں (rāṇīvṉ)	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رانی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਰਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: را‧نی

Noun

رانی • (rānī) f (Hindi spelling रानी)

1. queen

   Synonym: مَلِکَہ (malika)

2. (by extension) the First Lady of a state, empire
3. an honorific for Hindu women
4. the queen bee
5. princess; princess consort
6. (derogatory) a self-centred woman; majesty
7. (derogatory) a female
8. (card games, chess, carrom) a queen
9. (agriculture) a weed plant; wild plant

Declension

Declension of رانی
	singular	plural
direct	رانی (rānī)	رانیاں (rāniyā̃)
oblique	رانی (rānī)	رانیوں (rāniyō̃)
vocative	رانی (rānī)	رانیو (rāniyō)

Further reading

• “رانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “رانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “راني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 584
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “راني”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “رانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619