rayah
or ra·ya
[ rah-yuh, rahy-uh ]
/ ˈrɑ yə, ˈraɪ ə /
noun
a Christian subject of an Ottoman ruler.
Origin of rayah
Words nearby rayah
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ray floret,
ray flower,
ray gun,
ray-finned fish,
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rayburn,
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rayleigh,
rayleigh disc
Example sentences from the Web for rayah
Rayah, r′ya, n. a non-Mohammedan subject of Turkey who pays the capitation tax.
The term by which the Turk described his Christian neighbour was "our rayah," that is, "our subject."
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 |C. A. FyffeKassim Pasha is your den, where your rayah loll and scratch in the sun!
The Moonlit Way |Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for rayah
rayah
/ (ˈrɑːjə, ˈraɪə) /
noun
(formerly) a non-Muslim subject of the Ottoman Empire
Also (less common): raia
Word Origin for rayah
C19: from Turkish
raiyye, from Arabic
ra`iyah herd, flock