रईस

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

रईस • (raīs) m (Urdu spelling رئیس‎)

nobleman, aristocrat

Declension

Declension of रईस (masc cons-stem)

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

References

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

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