Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The wife of a raja.
  • noun A princess or queen in India or the East Indies.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In India, the wife of a raja, or a reigning princess; a queen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun India A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah.

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  • noun The wife of a rajah.
  • noun A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hindi rānī, from Sanskrit rājñī, feminine of rājā, rājñ-, raja; see raja.]

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From Hindustani रानी / رانی (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, "queen, princess").

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  • it's a title, isn't it? feminine of raja or rai? my best friend growing up was called Rani.

    September 1, 2007