ra - yとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

• As an English surname, from pet forms derived from the root of Raymond.
• Also as an English surname, from Old French rei (“king”). Compare Roy, King.
• Also as an English surname, from 古期英語 rā (“roe deer”). Compare Roe.
• Also as an English surname, variant of Wray and Rye.
• As a Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McRae.
• As a French surname, from the verb raier (“to gush out, flow, radiate”). Compare Leray.
• As a Polish and Slovene surname, Americanized from Raj, from raj (“paradise”).
• As an Indian surname, variant of Rai.

固有名詞

Ray

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A diminutive of the male given names Raymond, Rayane, or Rayan, also used as a formal given name.
   • 1980, Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:

     -, or Raymond if it happened to be a boy, choosing it in the hope that a name like Ray would make a boy's life easier.

   • 2005, Sam Weller, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, William Morrow, →ISBN, page 12:

     Although the name on his birth certificate was spelled "Ray", Ray said he was originally given the name "Rae" after Rae Williams, a cousin on his father's side.

   • 2009 August 5, Matt Richtel, “Federal Agency Plans Distracted Driving Forum”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 9 June 2021:

     Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood linked the drunken driving and distracted driving issues in his statement announcing the meeting.

3. A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
   • 2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 271:

     'Rachel told me―' 'Call her Ray. She hates Rachel.'

4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama.
   2. A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona.
   3. An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan.
   4. A township in Macomb County, Michigan.
   5. An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
   6. A minor city in Williams County, North Dakota.
5. A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell.
6. A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames.

派生語

語源 2

From Persian ری (ray / rey), from Middle Persian, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎥𐎠 (r-g-a /⁠ragā⁠/), a Median district. Compare Akkadian 𒊏𒂵𒀪 (ra-ga-'), Elamite 𒊩𒋡𒀭 (rák-ka₄-an) (loc.), Ancient Greek Ῥάγαι (Rhágai), Latin Rhagae, Rhaganae, Iranian borrowings.

別の表記

• Rey
• Rai
• Rhay, Rhey (dated)
• Shahr-e-Rey, Shahr-e-Ray, Shahr Rey, Shahr Ray, Chahr-e Ray (Iranian Persian)
• Rhaga, Rhagae, Rhaganae (Latin)
• Rhages, Rages (Ancient Greek)
• Raga (Old Persian)
• Rayy, al-Rayy (Arabic)

固有名詞

Ray

1. A city near Tehran, Iran.
2. (historical) A region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana.

同意語

• Arsacia

関連する語

• Rhazes
• Rhagiana

アナグラム

• -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, ary, ayr, rya, yar

名詞

ra'y

1. (Islam) In early fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), a personal opinion in adapting Shari'a law.

アナグラム

• -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, ary, ayr, rya, yar