раја

See also: райя

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رعایا (re'aya), from Arabic رَعَايَا (raʕāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈraja]

Noun

раја • (rajaf (uncountable)

  1. rayah
  2. commoners

Declension

Declension of раја
singular
indefinite раја (raja)
definite unspecified рајата (rajata)
definite proximal рајава (rajava)
definite distal рајана (rajana)
vocative рајо (rajo)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رعایا (re'aya), from Arabic رَعَايَا (raʕāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǎːja/
  • Hyphenation: ра‧ја

Noun

ра́ја f (Latin spelling rája)

  1. (historical, collectively) commoners, rayah
  2. (slang, collectively) a band, group, notably of friends
  3. (slang, collectively) a crowd

Declension