rayah

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rayah

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

noun rayahs · raya

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

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@misc{rayah_2026,
  title = {rayah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rayah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}