ری

See also: زی, ري, زي, and ژی

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ldy /⁠Ray⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎥𐎠 (Ragā), a Median district. Compare Akkadian 𒊏𒂵𒀪 (ra-ga-'), Elamite 𒊩𒋡𒀭 (rák-ka4-an) (loc.), Ancient Greek Ῥάγαι (Rhágai), Latin Rhagae, Rhaganae, Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ray
Dari reading? ray
Iranian reading? rey
Tajik reading? ray

Proper noun

ری • (ray / rey) (Tajik spelling Рай)

  1. Ray (a city in Iran)
  2. (historical) Ray (province or satrapy)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: Rey
  • → Chagatai: ری (ry /⁠räy⁠/)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ری (Rey)

Etymology 2

Preposition

ری • (rī / ri) (Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Hazaragi, and Dashtestan)

  1. dialectal form of روی (rōy / ruy, “on, above, upon”)
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