رءیس

ra`īs (v.n. fr. رأس 'To be or become head,' etc.), s.m. Head, headman, chief, principal, president, commander, governor, ruler, lord, master, prince; a person of authority; a person high in rank or condition, a nobleman, gentleman, respectable person;—a citizen, townsman, burgess:—ra`īs banānā, ra`īs karnā(-ko), To make (one) the head, etc. (of, -kā);—to grant the freedom of a city (to); to enfranchise.