rani
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Maybe you’re no raja or rani, but your skin might like the touch of silk.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024
During the pretrial hearing, Joseph Remcho, 27, a member of the Lawyers' Military Defense Committee that has been defending G.I.s, asked that the jury be selected at rani dom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rani said, “If you will promise to do for me what I shall request, I will tell you, and not otherwise.”
From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.
"You did, my Gorgious rani, and lie as you may, it's the truth I tell."
From Red Money by Hume, Fergus
Some months after the rani’s death, the raja’s subjects prayed him to take another wife, saying, “Without a rani your kingdom is incomplete.”
From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.
For decades, female roles in jatra were played by men known as purush ranis, or male queens.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
“Well, since our parents aren’t rajas and ranis, I don’t think that’s what it’s about.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Lelha also sent his mother to welcome his wives, but when the elder ranis saw her coming, they reviled her and drove her away.
From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.
The two elder ranis having been informed of what had occurred, hasted to the raja, and said, “Oh! raja, why are you sulking?”
From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.
At the raja’s words the two ranis returned sorrowfully to their apartments.
From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.
