Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rayah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rayah
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Derogatory

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: reaya, رَعَايَا, ر ع ي

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

rayahs (plural) raya (alternative)

Questions

What does rayah mean?: A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society.
Where does rayah come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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