Ras (Amharic: ራስ, Arabic: رأس) is a title belonging to a wider Semitic titulary tradition, derived from the root r-ʾ-s, meaning “head” or “chief””, which is attested across the Semitic language family, including Arabicraʾs and raʾīs, Hebrewrōš, and Geʽezrəʾs.