Raon.

Brit.

/raʊ/, U.S.

/raʊ/

Forms: 1600s Rau, 1600s– Rao, 1700s Raö, 1700s Raw, 1700s–1800s Raow, 1700s–1800s Row. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Marathi. Partly a borrowing from Rajasthani. Etymons: Marathi rāo; Rajasthani rāo.

Etymology: < Marathi rāo, rāu and Rajasthani rāo, rāu chief, prince < Sanskrit rājan king (see raja n.¹), via the Prakrit nominative form rāo (the oblique stems of which > Hindi rāy : see Rai Bahadur n.).

In South Asia: (the title of) a chief or prince; (also more generally) a title affixed to the name of any distinguished person.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for foreign persons of rank

bashawa1535

altesse1559

monseigneur1561

sheikh1577

naik1588

bey1589

altezza1595

kamia1601

illustrissimo1623

donshipc1626

pasha1648

Rao1665

hospodar1684

beg1686

burra sahiba1827

inkosi1835

gospodar1847

Mgr1848

Rai Bahadur1871

Rai Sahib1905

1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 152 This Town with others round it, is subject to an Indian-Gentile Lord, call'd Ramo Rau.

1695 J. Stevens tr. M. de Faria e Sousa Portugues Asia II. ii. iv. 118 This Kingdom of Charnataca, corruptly Canara, had no Sovereign Prince till the Year of Grace 1200. It began then in Boca a Shepherd, who stiled himself Rao [Sp. Rào], that is, Emperour, a Title that contiued [sic] in all his Successors.

1794 J. Scott in tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Dekkan II. i. 29 The raow himself, with many others, falling in the action, the royal forces were defeated.

1800 Asiatick Researches 6 67 The Raw or Rajah is of the tribe Nirooka, and a feudatory of the Rajah of Jynagur.

1801 Asiatick Researches 7 129 The districts adjoining to the eastern parts of the Mahratta territory, were at this term under Inkut Row, a Goand chief.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 468/2 Mohammed Ali had also allured into his service the famous Morari Rao, chief of the Mahrattas.

1887 Queen Victoria Let. 27 Aug. in D. Duff Victoria in Highlands (1968) 362 Fritz..kindly helped me in receiving the Rao of Kutch... The Rao is most amiable, gentle, and unaffected.

1927 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 395/1 At the head of each valley squats the domed and generally crumbling fortress of the local ‘Rao’.

1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions xiv. 224 The Rao Sahib, a brother of the late Maharajah.

2002 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Mar. 45 Britain ruled India with the cooperation of more than 500 Indian princes, a galaxy of maharajahs, rajahs, rainas, raos, khans, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rao
释义	Raon. Brit. /raʊ/, U.S. /raʊ/ Forms: 1600s Rau, 1600s– Rao, 1700s Raö, 1700s Raw, 1700s–1800s Raow, 1700s–1800s Row. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Marathi. Partly a borrowing from Rajasthani. Etymons: Marathi rāo; Rajasthani rāo. Etymology: < Marathi rāo, rāu and Rajasthani rāo, rāu chief, prince < Sanskrit rājan king (see raja n.¹), via the Prakrit nominative form rāo (the oblique stems of which > Hindi rāy : see Rai Bahadur n.). In South Asia: (the title of) a chief or prince; (also more generally) a title affixed to the name of any distinguished person. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for foreign persons of rank bashawa1535 altesse1559 monseigneur1561 sheikh1577 naik1588 bey1589 altezza1595 kamia1601 illustrissimo1623 donshipc1626 pasha1648 Rao1665 hospodar1684 beg1686 burra sahiba1827 inkosi1835 gospodar1847 Mgr1848 Rai Bahadur1871 Rai Sahib1905 1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 152 This Town with others round it, is subject to an Indian-Gentile Lord, call'd Ramo Rau. 1695 J. Stevens tr. M. de Faria e Sousa Portugues Asia II. ii. iv. 118 This Kingdom of Charnataca, corruptly Canara, had no Sovereign Prince till the Year of Grace 1200. It began then in Boca a Shepherd, who stiled himself Rao [Sp. Rào], that is, Emperour, a Title that contiued [sic] in all his Successors. 1794 J. Scott in tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Dekkan II. i. 29 The raow himself, with many others, falling in the action, the royal forces were defeated. 1800 Asiatick Researches 6 67 The Raw or Rajah is of the tribe Nirooka, and a feudatory of the Rajah of Jynagur. 1801 Asiatick Researches 7 129 The districts adjoining to the eastern parts of the Mahratta territory, were at this term under Inkut Row, a Goand chief. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 468/2 Mohammed Ali had also allured into his service the famous Morari Rao, chief of the Mahrattas. 1887 Queen Victoria Let. 27 Aug. in D. Duff Victoria in Highlands (1968) 362 Fritz..kindly helped me in receiving the Rao of Kutch... The Rao is most amiable, gentle, and unaffected. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 395/1 At the head of each valley squats the domed and generally crumbling fortress of the local ‘Rao’. 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions xiv. 224 The Rao Sahib, a brother of the late Maharajah. 2002 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Mar. 45 Britain ruled India with the cooperation of more than 500 Indian princes, a galaxy of maharajahs, rajahs, rainas, raos, khans, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1665
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