raya

Verb

raya

1. third-person singular past historic of rayer

Noun

raya m (plural rayas)

1. rayah, member of the non-Muslim population of the Ottoman empire
   • 1845, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Voyage en Bulgarie 1841, chapitre VII

     Il était évident que le vizir Hussein, musulman avant tout, avait vu avec déplaisir l’insurrection de Bulgarie, mais que son équité naturelle réprouvait les exactions infligées aux rayas.

Further reading

• “raya” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

raya

1. big
2. grand

   Masjid Raya - Grand Mosque

3. great

   Indonesia Raya, Merdeka, Merdeka - Great Indonesia, Free, Independent

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaya, *ma-ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya, *ma-ʀaya (compare Indonesian raya).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /rajə/
• (Riau-Linggi) IPA^(key): /raja/
• Rhymes: -ajə, -jə, -ə

Adjective

raya

1. great, big

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin radia, from Latin radius.

Noun

raya f (plural rayas)

1. line
2. limit
3. ray (fish)
4. parting
5. dash (punctuation mark)
6. scratch

Verb

raya

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rayar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rayar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rayar.

Verb

raya

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of raer
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of raer
3. third-person singular present imperative of raer