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rani

/ˈɹɑː.niː/

rani noun: the wife of a rajah.

Noun

rani (plural ranis)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Rani

Rani

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit.
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rani meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

rani in Hindi

wife of a rajah
रानी rānī, राज्ञी rājñī
Hindu princess or female ruler in India
रानी rānī, राज्ञी rājñī

rani in Tamil

ரானி, ரணி

rani in Marathi

wife of a rajah
राणी rāṇī
Hindu princess or female ruler in India
राणी rāṇī

rani in Urdu

رانی, رنی
More languagesFewer languages
rani in Malayalam
റാണി
rani in Punjabi
ਰਾਣੀ, ਰਣੀ
rani in Gujarati
રાની
rani in Sanskrit
राज्ञी rājñī
rani in Nepali
रणी
rani in Malay
rani
rani in Indonesian
rani

Forms of rani

pluralranis
alternative formranee

Plural of rani: ranis

Origin of rani

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

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

Questions about rani

What does rani mean?
Rani means the wife of a rajah.
What is rani in Hindi?
Rani in Hindi is रानी (rānī), राज्ञी (rājñī). See Rani meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rani?
Rani can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rani?
Rani is pronounced /ˈɹɑː.niː/ (UK).
What is the plural of rani?
The plural of rani is ranis.

Words near rani in the dictionary

  1. Rangthangling
  2. Rangunia Upazila
  3. rangy
  4. Ranhofer
  5. Ranhofers
  6. rani
  7. ranibizumab
  8. ranicide
  9. ranicipitid
  10. ranicipitids
  11. ranid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rani (page history and authors); Rani (page history and authors); rani (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rani (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rani (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rani (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rani (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rani (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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