# raha
## Central Dusun
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

### Noun

raha
* blood

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language, compare Old Norse skrá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑɦɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
* Hyphenation: ra‧ha

### Noun

raha (genitive raha, partitive raha)
* money

#### Compounds

* paberraha
* peenraha
* sularaha

### References

* raha in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “raha”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”) (later Proto-Germanic *skrahō; compare Old Norse skrá). Originally, this meant the fur of squirrel, since that was a payment instrument before bills and coins were introduced.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
* Hyphenation: ra‧ha

### Noun

raha
* money (means of exchange and measure of value)
    Synonyms: (all colloquial) fyffe, fyrkendaali, fyrkka, hillo, hinta, hynä, kahiseva, mani, massi, nappula, oravannahka, paalu, pelimerkki, pätäkkä, rahna, saldo, tuohi, valuutta
    olla rahaa (for = illative, to do = first infinitive) ― to afford, have the money for
* cash, piece of currency, money (hard cash, money as item; usually a coin when in the singular)
    Synonym: käteinen
    Hyponyms: kolikko, seteli
    kahden euron raha ― a two-euro coin
    Minulla ei ole rahaa.I'm out of cash.
* (usually in the plural) money (available liquid assets, or the assets necessary for something)
    Synonym: käteisvarat
    Minulla on rahat asunnon ostoa varten.I have the money to buy an apartment.
* money, wealth
    Synonym: varallisuus
* (colloquial) money, currency
    Synonym: valuutta
* (obsolete) squirrel pelt

#### Usage notes

* When speaking of money in general, one uses the singular form raha, but when speaking of a certain amount of money as a whole, one uses the plural form rahat. The distinction is often translated into English by the usage of the definite article.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of raha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rahani
rahani
accusative
nom.
rahani
rahani
gen.
rahani
genitive
rahani
rahojeni rahaini $^{rare}$
partitive
rahaani
rahojani
inessive
rahassani
rahoissani
elative
rahastani
rahoistani
illative
rahaani
rahoihini
adessive
rahallani
rahoillani
ablative
rahaltani
rahoiltani
allative
rahalleni
rahoilleni
essive
rahanani
rahoinani
translative
rahakseni
rahoikseni
abessive
rahattani
rahoittani
instructive
comitative
—rahoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rahasi
rahasi
accusative
nom.
rahasi
rahasi
gen.
rahasi
genitive
rahasi
rahojesi rahaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
rahaasi
rahojasi
inessive
rahassasi
rahoissasi
elative
rahastasi
rahoistasi
illative
rahaasi
rahoihisi
adessive
rahallasi
rahoillasi
ablative
rahaltasi
rahoiltasi
allative
rahallesi
rahoillesi
essive
rahanasi
rahoinasi
translative
rahaksesi
rahoiksesi
abessive
rahattasi
rahoittasi
instructive
comitative
—rahoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rahamme
rahamme
accusative
nom.
rahamme
rahamme
gen.
rahamme
genitive
rahamme
rahojemme rahaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
rahaamme
rahojamme
inessive
rahassamme
rahoissamme
elative
rahastamme
rahoistamme
illative
rahaamme
rahoihimme
adessive
rahallamme
rahoillamme
ablative
rahaltamme
rahoiltamme
allative
rahallemme
rahoillemme
essive
rahanamme
rahoinamme
translative
rahaksemme
rahoiksemme
abessive
rahattamme
rahoittamme
instructive
comitative
—rahoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rahanne
rahanne
accusative
nom.
rahanne
rahanne
gen.
rahanne
genitive
rahanne
rahojenne rahainne $^{rare}$
partitive
rahaanne
rahojanne
inessive
rahassanne
rahoissanne
elative
rahastanne
rahoistanne
illative
rahaanne
rahoihinne
adessive
rahallanne
rahoillanne
ablative
rahaltanne
rahoiltanne
allative
rahallenne
rahoillenne
essive
rahananne
rahoinanne
translative
rahaksenne
rahoiksenne
abessive
rahattanne
rahoittanne
instructive
comitative
—rahoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rahansa
rahansa
accusative
nom.
rahansa
rahansa
gen.
rahansa
genitive
rahansa
rahojensa rahainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
rahaansa
rahojaan rahojansa
inessive
rahassaan rahassansa
rahoissaan rahoissansa
elative
rahastaan rahastansa
rahoistaan rahoistansa
illative
rahaansa
rahoihinsa
adessive
rahallaan rahallansa
rahoillaan rahoillansa
ablative
rahaltaan rahaltansa
rahoiltaan rahoiltansa
allative
rahalleen rahallensa
rahoilleen rahoillensa
essive
rahanaan rahanansa
rahoinaan rahoinansa
translative
rahakseen rahaksensa
rahoikseen rahoiksensa
abessive
rahattaan rahattansa
rahoittaan rahoittansa
instructive
comitative
—rahoineen rahoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* rahakas
* rahallinen
* rahaton
* rahake
* rahasto
* raha ratkaisee
* raha tulee rahan luo
* siirtää rahaa taskusta toiseen
* rahastaa
* rahoittaa
* apuraha
* eroraha
* euroraha
* henkiraha
* hoitoraha
* hopearaha
* hätäraha
* irtisanomisraha
* isyysraha
* jouluraha
* juhlaraha
* juomaraha
* kantoraha
* keskuspankkiraha
* kipuraha
* kirsuraha
* komennusraha
* kultaraha
* kuntoutusraha
* kupariraha
* kynnysraha
* käsiraha
* käteisraha
* käyttöraha
* lahjaraha
* lainaraha
* leikkiraha
* lomaraha
* lunnasraha
* markkinaraha
* matkaraha
* metalliraha
* monopoliraha
* muistoraha
* muoviraha
* määräraha
* nykyraha
* opintoraha
* oppiraha
* oppirahat
* osapäiväraha
* paikallisraha
* palkkaraha
* palveluraha
* palvelusraha
* paperiraha
* peliraha
* pestausraha
* pestiraha
* piiskaraha
* pikkuraha
* plooturaha
* portsariraha
* projektiraha
* pukuraha
* päiväraha
* pääraha
* raha-aateli
* raha-ansio
* raha-arkku
* raha-arpa
* raha-arpajaiset
* raha-arvo
* raha-asia
* raha-automaatti
* raha-avustus
* rahaerä
* rahahuoli
* rahajärjestelmä
* rahakammio
* rahakanta
* rahakasvi
* rahakirstu
* rahakokoelma
* rahakortti
* rahaksimuutto
* rahakukkaro
* rahalahja
* rahalahjoitus
* rahalaina
* rahalaitos
* rahaliike
* rahaliikenne
* rahaliitto
* rahalipas
* rahaluotto
* rahalähde
* rahalähetys
* rahalöytö
* rahamaailma
* rahamalmi
* rahamarkkinat
* rahametalli
* rahamies
* rahaministeri
* rahamuuli
* rahamylly
* rahamäärä
* rahanahne
* rahanahneus
* rahanarvo
* rahanarvoinen
* rahanarvokerroin
* rahanarvonkerroin
* rahanhimo
* rahanhimoinen
* rahanhukka
* rahankeräys
* rahankierto
* rahankäyttö
* rahanlainaaja
* rahanlainaus
* rahanlajittelukone
* rahanlaskukone
* rahanlähde
* rahanmeno
* rahanpesijä
* rahanpesu
* rahanpuute
* rahanreikä
* rahansäästö
* rahantarve
* rahantulo
* rahanuudistus
* rahanvaihtaja
* rahanvaihto
* rahanväärennys
* rahanväärentäjä
* rahapaja
* rahapalkinto
* rahapalkka
* rahapalkkio
* rahapanos
* rahapeli
* rahapoliittinen
* rahapolitiikka
* rahapuhelin
* rahapula
* rahapussi
* rahapussukka
* rahapuu
* rahareformi
* rahareikä
* raharikas
* raharuhtinas
* rahasampo
* rahasumma
* rahasuoritus
* rahasäiliö
* rahasäkki
* rahatalletus
* rahatalous
* rahateoria
* rahatiede
* rahatilanne
* rahatoimi
* rahatuki
* rahatulo
* rahauudistus
* rahavaikeus
* rahavalta
* rahavaranto
* rahavarat
* rahavirta
* rahayksikkö
* riskiraha
* ruokaraha
* seteliraha
* starttiraha
* suojeluraha
* suolaraha
* sähköraha
* säästöraha
* talletuspankkiraha
* talousraha
* tapporaha
* tasaraha
* taskuraha
* teiniraha
* tukiraha
* ulkomaanraha
* vaateraha
* vaihtoraha
* vaikenemisraha
* vaitioloraha
* vanha raha
* vanhempainraha
* velkaraha
* veriraha
* verkkoraha
* veroraha
* viikkoraha
* voiteluraha
* vuokraraha
* väliraha
* äitiysraha
* öljyraha

### See also

* käteinen
* maksuväline
* valuutta

### Further reading

* “raha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* hara

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raha. Cognates include Finnish raha and Estonian raha.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑhɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑhɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
* Hyphenation: ra‧ha

### Noun

raha
* money

#### Derived terms

* hoppiaraha
* käsiraha
* rahakas
* rahakukkoro
* rahalliin
* rahoittaa
* rooskaraha
* vaskiraha

### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “рагга”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 687
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 461

## Karelian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language.

### Noun

raha
* money

## Kinaray-a
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Western-Bisayan *rahaq. Compare Aklanon eaha and Cuyunon raa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾahaʔ/, [ˈɾa.haʔ] (verb)
* IPA: /ɾaˈhaʔ/, [ɾaˈhaʔ] (adjective)

#### Verb

rahà
* to cook

#### Adjective

rahâ
* cooked

##### Derived terms

* pagraha

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish rajá, from French radjah, rajah, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾaˈha/, [ɾaˈha]

#### Noun

rahá
* rajah (title for a sovereign in pre-colonial Philippines)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish raja.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾaha/, [ˈɾa.ha]

#### Noun

raha
* split firewood

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑː.xɑ/, [ˈrɑː.hɑ]

### Noun

rāha m (nominative plural rāhan)
* (Early OE) Alternative form of rā

#### Declension

Weak:

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Unknown, probably from borrowed from Prakrit rāya-, rāā, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “sovereign, prince”). Doublet of daha and rāja. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ra.ha/
* Rhymes: -ha
* Hyphenation: ra‧ha

### Root

raha
* rule

#### Alternative forms

* rāha

#### Derived terms

* aṅraha
* karaha
* karahan
* paṅrāha
* rināha

### Further reading

* "raha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Sotho
### Verb

raha
* to kick

#### Descendants

* → Phuthi: -raya

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

raha class IX (no plural)
* happiness, joy
* comfort

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rajá, from French radjah, rajah, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan). Penultimate stress is influenced by English rajah, with the ⟨j⟩ being pronounced as in Spanish /x/, corresponding to /h/ in Tagalog. Supplanted the older form ladya.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɾaha/ [ˈɾaː.hɐ], /ɾaˈha/ [ɾɐˈha]
* Rhymes: -aha, -a
* Syllabification: ra‧ha

### Noun

raha or rahá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑ)
* rajah (title of a sovereign in most of pre-16th century Philippine Islands)
    Synonym: ladya

#### Related terms

* maharaha
* Raha

#### See also

* datu
* hari
* lakan

### Further reading

* “raha”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “raha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 842
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 492

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language.

### Noun

raha
* money

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “деньги”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”).

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑhɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
* Hyphenation: ra‧ha

### Noun

raha
* money
    Synonym: dengõd

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “raha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn