रईस

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ra'īs), from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs). Compare Punjabi ਰਈਸ (raīsa) / رئیس (r'īs), Gujarati રઈસ (raīsa).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.iːs/, [ɾɐ.iːs]

Noun[edit]

रईस • (raīs) m (Urdu spelling رئیس)

nobleman, aristocrat

Declension[edit]

Declension of रईस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रईस raīs	रईस raīs
oblique	रईस raīs	रईसों raīsõ
vocative	रईस raīs	रईसो raīso

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रईस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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