Ras ( Amharic: ራስ, romanized: ras, lit. 'head' compare with Arabic Rais or Hebrew Rosh), is a royal title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages. [1] It is one of the powerful non-imperial titles.
Historian Harold G. Marcus equates the Ras title to a duke;[ citation needed] others have compared it to " prince". [2]
The combined title of Leul Ras ( Amharic: ልዑል ራስ) was given to the heads of the cadet branches of the Imperial dynasty, such as the Princes of Gojjam, Tigray, Ras Tafari Makonnen and the Selalle sub-branch of the last reigning Shewan Branch, and meaning "Lord of Lords", the highest title of lord.
Ras ( Amharic: ራስ, romanized: ras, lit. 'head' compare with Arabic Rais or Hebrew Rosh), is a royal title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages. [1] It is one of the powerful non-imperial titles.
Historian Harold G. Marcus equates the Ras title to a duke;[ citation needed] others have compared it to " prince". [2]
The combined title of Leul Ras ( Amharic: ልዑል ራስ) was given to the heads of the cadet branches of the Imperial dynasty, such as the Princes of Gojjam, Tigray, Ras Tafari Makonnen and the Selalle sub-branch of the last reigning Shewan Branch, and meaning "Lord of Lords", the highest title of lord.