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 took the banjo, and placed another in its stead.
From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.
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.
He will never be happy, my lady, unless he marries the rani.
From Red Money by Hume, Fergus
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
The two ranis went to him, but he was annoyed, and ordered them to leave, saying, “I will not rise, by your telling me,” so they returned weeping, each to her own apartment.
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.
