raia

Swahili

noun

Definitions

citizen
subject in a monarchy

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَعِيَّة (flock, subject, citizens, herd).

Origin

Arabic

رَعِيَّة

Gloss

flock, subject, citizens, herd

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

رَعِيَّة Arabic
رعیت Persian
reaya Turkish
rakyat Malay
*arraia Old Portuguese
uraia Swahili
رعیت fa-cls
رعیت‎ fa-cls
ra'yat ms-cla

uraia