raya

See also: Raya, rayá, raỹa, raþa, and -raya

English

Noun

raya (plural rayas)

1. Alternative form of rayah

Anagrams

• Arya, Yara, yaar

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish raya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaja/ [ˈɾa.ja]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ya

Noun

ráya (Basahan spelling ᜍᜌ)

1. stripe
2. row

   Synonyms: talay, taytay

Derived terms

• magraya
• rayahan
• rayahon

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈjaʔ/ [ɾaˈjaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ya

Noun

rayâ (Basahan spelling ᜍᜌ)

1. trauma (emotional wound)

   Synonyms: trawma, troma

Derived terms

• makaraya
• maraya

 

Dusun Deyah

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq.

Noun

raya

1. blood

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

raya

1. third-person singular past historic of rayer

Noun

raya m (plural rayas)

1. rayah, member of the non-Muslim population of the Ottoman empire
   • 1845, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Voyage en Bulgarie 1841, chapitre VII

     Il était évident que le vizir Hussein, musulman avant tout, avait vu avec déplaisir l’insurrection de Bulgarie, mais que son équité naturelle réprouvait les exactions infligées aux rayas.

     It was clear that the vizier Hussein, a Muslim above all, had viewed the uprising in Bulgaria with displeasure, but his natural sense of fairness condemned the brutality inflicted on the rayahs.

Further reading

• “raya”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• raja (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay raya, rrom Proto-Malayic *raya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ja/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ya

Adjective

raya

1. big; large

   Synonym: besar

2. grand
3. great

Derived terms

• perayaan
• rayakan

 

• bandar raya
• hari raya
• Indonesia Raya
• jalan raya
• lebuh raya
• pasaraya

 

Further reading

• “raya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”), from Proto-Austronesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”).

Since the prestige dialect of Makasar is spoken on the western coast of the South Sulawesi peninsula, the originally relative meaning "toward the interior" was lexicalized as "east(wards)". In the Turatea and Bantaeng dialects which are located on the southern coast, raya means "north".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraja]

Adverb

raya (Lontara spelling ᨑᨐ)

1. (Standard, Makasar) east

   Antonym: lau'

2. (Bantaeng, Turatea) north

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *raya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ra.jə]

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  • Rhymes: -ajə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [ra.ja]
  • Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: ra‧ya

Adjective

raya (Jawi spelling راي)

1. great; big

   Synonyms: agung, besar, gedang

   Antonym: kecil

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perayaan [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
• merayakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dirayakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• beraya [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• raya-raya [reduplication] (redup)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• bandar raya
• balai raya
• duit raya
• hari raya
• Hari Raya Aidilfitri
• Hari Raya Puasa
• Hari Raya Qurban
• jalan raya
• lebuh raya
• pasar raya
• pilihan raya

Descendants

• Indonesian: raya
• → Javanese: raya
• → Madurese: rajâ

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “راي raja”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 4
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “راي raya”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 320
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “raya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 321

Further reading

• "raya" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “raya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Phuthi

Etymology

From Sotho raha.

Verb

-raya

1. to kick

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʝa/ [ˈra.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈraʝa/ [ˈra.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈraʃa/ [ˈra.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈraʒa/ [ˈra.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: ra‧ya

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, probably from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius or a related derivative; cf. the verb rayar,^[1] or from the feminine form of rayo. Probably a doublet of raza. Cognate with Portuguese raia, French raie.

Noun

raya f (plural rayas)

1. line
   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 104:

     Manolo me pasa un talego con el que me hago un canutillo bien tensado y me meto la primera raya.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. limit
3. parting
4. dash (punctuation mark)
5. scratch

Derived terms

• a raya
• cruz y raya
• lista de raya
• pasarse de la raya
• raya de mulo
• rayuela
• tienda de raya
• tres en raya

 

Related terms

• rayar
• rayo

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin raia.

Noun

raya f (plural rayas)

1. ray (fish)

Derived terms

fish

• mantarraya
• raya jaspeada

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

raya

1. inflection of rayar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

raya

1. inflection of raer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “raya”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• “raya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10