rabi
English
Etymology
From Urdu ربیع (rabī)/Hindi रबी (rabī), from Persian ربیع (rabi'), from Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʿ, “spring”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹabi/
Noun
rabi (plural rabis)
- (South Asia) Spring. [from 18th c.]
- (South Asia) The spring harvest. [from 19th c.]
- c.1885, A.L.O.E. The Wondrous Sickle:
- ...I made out that he would be here before the rabi harvest is ripe; the corn is green enough yet, but I thought that after work I would come over here to meet him.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 120:
- The monsoon had failed at the beginning but picked up very well later, so the rabi crop would be just fine and the wars they mentioned had taken place a year and a half ago.
- c.1885, A.L.O.E. The Wondrous Sickle:
See also
- kharif
References
- “rabi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “rabi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “rabi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
Anagrams
- Abir, Bair, Bari, Bria, RAIB, RIBA, abir, abri, bari, riba
Emilian
Noun
rabi f
- plural of ràbia
Esperanto
Etymology
From German rauben, Polish rabować. Compare English rob. Doublet of robo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrabi]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -abi
- Hyphenation: ra‧bi
Verb
rabi (present rabas, past rabis, future rabos, conditional rabus, volitive rabu)
- (transitive) to take from someone by force or threat, to rob
Conjugation
Conjugation of rabi
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Derived terms
- rabaĵo (“something acquired by robbery”)
- rabinto (“robber (one who has committed a robbery)”)
- rabisto (“robber (one who makes a living by robbery)”)
- rabo (“a robbery”)
Related terms
- ŝteli (“to steal”)
Estonian
Etymology
From German Rabbi, ultimately from Hebrew רבי (rabī, “my master”).
Noun
rabi (genitive rabi, partitive rabi)
- rabbi
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rabi | rabid |
accusative | rabi | rabid |
genitive | rabi | rabide |
partitive | rabi | rabisid |
illative | rappi rabisse | rabidesse |
inessive | rabis | rabides |
elative | rabist | rabidest |
allative | rabile | rabidele |
adessive | rabil | rabidel |
ablative | rabilt | rabidelt |
translative | rabiks | rabideks |
terminative | rabini | rabideni |
essive | rabina | rabidena |
abessive | rabita | rabideta |
comitative | rabiga | rabidega |
References
- rabi in Sõnaveeb
Further reading
- rabi in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrabi]
- Hyphenation: ra‧bi
Etymology 1
From Arabic رَبِّي (rabbī, “my God”), رَبّ (rabb, “God, Lord”, literally “master, lord, king, sovereign”), from Proto-Semitic *rabb-.
Noun
rabi (first-person possessive rabiku, second-person possessive rabimu, third-person possessive rabinya)
- my God.
Etymology 2
From (post-Tanakh) Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “my master”), from רַב (rav, “master [of]”) + ־י (-i, “me”), from Proto-Semitic *rabb-.
Noun
rabi (plural rabi-rabi, first-person possessive rabiku, second-person possessive rabimu, third-person possessive rabinya)
- rabbi, a Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions, who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
Further reading
- “rabi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Javanese register set |
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ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦶꦁꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): garwa putri |
ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama-ngoko): rabi |
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): bojo wadon |
Noun
rabi
- (dialectal) wife
Middle English
Noun
rabi
- Alternative form of raby
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
rabi (Cyrillic spelling раби)
- inflection of rabiti:
- third-person singular present
- second-person singular imperative
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rabí.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ra‧bi
- IPA(key): /ɾaˈbi/, [ɾɐˈbi]
Noun
rabí
- rabbi
- Synonym: rabino
Welsh
Alternative forms
- rabbi
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rabbi, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbî).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrabi/
Noun
rabi m (plural rabiniaid or rabïaid, not mutable)
- (Judaism) rabbi