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Rai.

A surname from India found among people from northern India and coastal Karnataka.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A surname from India found among people from northern India and coastal Karnataka.

Where this word comes from

Indian/Hindi surname, from a personal name based on the noun राजा (rājā, “king”).

noun
  1. An ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal.

    plural · plural-only
name
  1. Alternative form of Ray (“a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert”)

    alt-of · alternative
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.