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rani¹

  • /ˈɹɑː.niː/ UK, US

Where it comes from

From Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”). Doublet of Regina.

noun ranis · ranee

  1. The wife of a rajah.
  2. A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

Rani²

Where it comes from

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “a queen, princess, the wife of a king”), through Hindi रानी (rānī).

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit. On October 2, Hudson and her boyfriend, Danny Fujikawa, welcomed a daughter named Rani.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ranee, ma, osman, ramy, maharani, maharanee, queen consort, princess, thakurani, chieftainess, pativrata, queen, vicereine, baroness, crown princess, princess consort

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noun wife of a rajah

Españolraní
हिन्दीरानी rānī, राज्ञी rājñī
Portuguêsrani

noun Hindu princess or female ruler in India

हिन्दीरानी rānī, राज्ञी rājñī
Portuguêsrani

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Chicago

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@misc{rani_2026,
  title = {rani},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rani},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}