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- Arabic · derived fromرَعَايَا
- Turkish · derived fromreaya
- English todayrayah
From Turkish reaya, from Arabic رَعَايَا (raʕāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rayah
Today it means: A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society. Full definition →
Turkish reaya ← Arabic رَعَايَا