rani
/ˈɹɑː.niː/noun
rani is a noun meaning “The wife of a rajah” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-N-I and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Rani, the name). The plural of rani is ranis.
What does rani mean?
noun
- 1
The wife of a rajah.
- 2
A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rani?
- US /ˈɹɑː.niː/
Rani has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rani.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rani
- ranis plural
- ranee
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rani?
Rani appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Rani, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Rani in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense wife of a rajah:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | rani |
| Spanish | raní |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rani come from?
From Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”). Doublet of Regina.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).