# رانی
## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani رانی / रानी (rānī, “queen”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɾɑː.ˈniː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [rɑː.níː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [rɑː.níː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [rɑː.níː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [rɔː.ní]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ɹɒː.níː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ɾɔ.ní]

### Noun

رانی • (râni)
* rani, Hindu queen

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /ɾäː.ɳiː/
* Rhymes: -iː
* Hyphenation: را‧ݨی

### Noun

راݨی • (rāṇī) f (masculine راݨا, Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਣੀ)
* queen
* an honorific for women
* the queen bee
* princess; princess consort
* (endearing) princess (often said to a daughter)
* (derogatory) a self-centred woman; majesty; queen
* (card games, chess, carrom) a queen

#### See also

Chess pieces in Punjabi · شَطْرَن٘ج دے مُہرے (śat̤raṉj de muhre) (layout · text) :
| راجا (rājā) بادْشاہ (bādśāh) | وَزِیر (vazīr) راݨی (rāṇī) | ہاتھی (hāthī) رُخ (rux) | فِیلا (fīlā) فَرْضی (farẓī) | گھوڑا (ghoṛā) | پیادَہ (peyādah) |

### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رانی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* “ਰਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619

## Urdu
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (raṇṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɾɑː.niː/
* Rhymes: -iː
* Hyphenation: را‧نی

### Noun

رانی • (rānī) f (masculine رانا (rānā), Hindi spelling रानी)
* queen
    Synonym: مَلِکَہ (malika)
* (by extension) the First Lady of a state, empire
* an honorific for Hindu women
* the queen bee
* princess; princess consort
* (derogatory) a self-centred woman; majesty
* (derogatory) a female
* (card games, chess, carrom) a queen
* (agriculture) a weed plant; wild plant

#### Declension

Declension of رانی :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | رانی (rānī) | رانِیاں (rāniyā̃) |
| oblique | رانی (rānī) | رانِیوں (rāniyō̃) |
| vocative | رانی (rānī) | رانِیو (rāniyō) |

### Further reading

* “رانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “رانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “راني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 584
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “راني”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* John Shakespear (1834) “رانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́jñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619