rayah

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Turkish reaya, from Arabic رَعَايَا (raʕāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya). [1]

Noun[edit]

rayah (plural rayahs)

  1. (derogatory) A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "rayah." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.
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