Rani

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Sanskrit.

    "On October 2, Hudson and her boyfriend, Danny Fujikawa, welcomed a daughter named Rani."

Noun
  1. 1
    The wife of a rajah.
  2. 2
    (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja wordnet
  3. 3
    A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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