raha

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language, compare Old Norse skrá.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑɦɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha (genitive raha, partitive raha)

1. money

• raha in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “raha”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Proto-Finnic *raha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”) (later Proto-Germanic *skrahō; compare Old Norse skrá). Originally, this meant the fur of squirrel, since that was a payment instrument before bills and coins were introduced.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧ha

raha

1. money (means of exchange and measure of value)

   Synonyms: (all colloquial) fyffe, fyrkendaali, fyrkka, hillo, hinta, hynä, kahiseva, mani, massi, nappula, oravannahka, paalu, pelimerkki, pätäkkä, rahna, saldo, tuohi, valuutta

2. cash, piece of currency, money (hard cash, money as item; usually a coin when in the singular)

   Synonym: käteinen

   Hyponyms: kolikko, seteli

   kahden euron raha ― a two-euro coin

   Minulla ei ole rahaa.

   I'm out of cash.

3. (usually in the plural) money (available liquid assets, or the assets necessary for something)

   Synonym: käteisvarat

   Minulla on rahat asunnon ostoa varten.

   I have the money to buy an apartment.

4. money, wealth

   Synonym: varallisuus

5. (colloquial) money, currency

   Synonym: valuutta

6. (obsolete) squirrel pelt

• When speaking of money in general, one uses the singular form raha, but when speaking of a certain amount of money as a whole, one uses the plural form rahat. The distinction is often translated into English by the usage of the definite article.

• käteinen
• maksuväline
• valuutta

• “raha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• hara

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”), an early form of *skrahō. Cognates include Finnish raha and Estonian raha.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑhɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑhɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha

1. money

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 461

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language.

raha

1. money

From Proto-Western-Bisayan *rahaq. Compare Aklanon eaha and Cuyunon raa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾahaʔ/, [ˈɾa.haʔ] (verb)
• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈhaʔ/, [ɾaˈhaʔ] (adjective)

rahà

1. to cook

rahâ

1. cooked

Borrowed from Spanish rajá, from French radjah, rajah, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈha/, [ɾaˈha]

rahá

1. rajah (title for a sovereign in pre-colonial Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish raja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaha/, [ˈɾa.ha]

raha

1. split firewood

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑː.xɑ/, [ˈrɑː.hɑ]

rāha m (nominative plural rāhan)

1. (Early OE) Alternative form of rā

Unknown, probably from borrowed from Prakrit rāya-, rāā, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “sovereign, prince”). Doublet of daha and rāja. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ra.ha/
• Rhymes: -ha
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha

1. rule

• rāha

• "raha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

raha

1. to kick

• → Phuthi: -raya

Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

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raha (n class, no plural)

1. happiness, joy
2. comfort

Borrowed from Spanish rajá, from French radjah, rajah, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan). Penultimate stress is influenced by English rajah, with the ⟨j⟩ being pronounced as in Spanish /x/, corresponding to /h/ in Tagalog. Supplanted the older form ladya.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaha/ [ˈɾa.hɐ], /ɾaˈha/ [ɾɐˈha]
• Rhymes: -aha, -a
• Syllabification: ra‧ha

raha or rahá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑ)

1. rajah (title of a sovereign in most of precolonial Philippines)

   Synonym: ladya

• “raha” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “raha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 842
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 492

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language.

raha

1. money

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “деньги”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *raha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”).

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑhɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha

1. money

   Synonym: dengõd

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “raha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn