rayah

English - Turkish

Definition of rayah in English Turkish dictionary

reaya

English - English

Definition of rayah in English English dictionary

A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society

A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax

Hyphenation

ra·yah

Etymology

() Turkish reaya, from Arabic ra‘iyah The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.