रानी

See also: रुनु, रोना, and रान

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi रांणी (rāṃṇī), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (rāṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”). Cognate with Assamese ৰাণী (rani), Bengali রাণী (raṇī), Odia ରାଣୀ (rāṇi), Nepali रानी (rānī), Marathi राणी (rāṇī), Gujarati રાણી (rāṇī), Punjabi ਰਾਣੀ (rāṇī), Romani rani. Distantly related to French reine.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.niː/, [ɾäː.niː]

Noun

रानी • (rānī) f (Urdu spelling رانی)

1. queen, princess
2. magenta (color/colour)
3. (chess, card games, carrom) queen

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	रानी rānī	रानियाँ rāniyā̃
oblique	रानी rānī	रानियों rāniyõ
vocative	रानी rānī	रानियो rāniyo

Declension of रानी (fem ī-stem)

Further reading

• रानी on the Hindi Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^hi
• रानी (रंग) on the Hindi Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^hi

Proper noun

रानी • (rānī) f

1. a female given name, Rani

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	रानी rānī	रानियाँ rāniyā̃
oblique	रानी rānī	रानियों rāniyõ
vocative	रानी rānī	रानियो rāniyo

Declension of रानी (fem ī-stem)

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [räni]
• Phonetic Devanagari: रानि

Noun

रानी • (rānī) f

1. queen
2. term of address for the wife of a Rana or Thakuri.

Declension

Declension of रानी
	Singular	Plural
nominative	रानी [räni]	रानीहरू [räniɦʌɾu]
accusative	रानीलाई [räniläi]	रानीहरूलाई [räniɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	रानीले [ränile]	रानीहरूले [räniɦʌɾule]
dative	रानीलाई [räniläi]	रानीहरूलाई [räniɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	रानीबाट [ränibäʈʌ]	रानीहरूबाट [räniɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	रानीको [räniko]	रानीहरूको [räniɦʌɾuko]
locative	रानीमा [ränimä]	रानीहरूमा [räniɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “रानी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar