Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Rayah


Ra′yah

(rā′yȧ or rä′yȧ)
,
Noun.
[Ar.
ra’iyah
a herd, a subject, fr.
ra'a
to pasture, guard.]
A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.
[Turkey.]

Definition 2024


rayah

rayah

English

Alternative forms

Noun

rayah (plural rayahs)

  1. (pejorative) A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society.

References

  1. "rayah." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.