Raʾīs
رَئِيس
Say it ra-EES
A chief, a leader
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-ʾ-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Raees, Rais, Raeis, Rayees
Meaning & source
A chief, the head of a people: “so-and-so is the head (raʾs) of the people and their raʾīs”.
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وَفُلَانٌ رأَسُ الْقَوْمِ ورَئيس الْقَوْمِ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.