Definitions for rayah

rayah ra·yah

Spelling: [rah-yuh, rahy-uh]
IPA: /ˈrɑ yə, ˈraɪ ə/

Rayah is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in rayah (aahry).

Definitions for rayah

noun

  1. a Christian subject of an Ottoman ruler.

Origin of rayah

1805-15; Turkish reaya Arabic ra'īyah subject, literally, flock; cf. ryot

Examples for rayah

Kassim Pasha is your den, where your rayah loll and scratch in the sun!

The term by which the Turk described his Christian neighbour was "our rayah," that is, "our subject."

rayah, r′ya, n. a non-Mohammedan subject of Turkey who pays the capitation tax.

Word Value for rayah
Scrable

11

Words with friends

9

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