rẫy
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəj˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐəj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɹəj˨˩˦]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Tai; compare Thai ไร่ (râi).
Noun
rẫy (𡓾, 𡋀)
- mountain field (obtained by deforestation, tree burning and replanting)
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 離 (SV: li) (from the departing-tone reading “to reject”; Old Chinese *raj-s).
Verb
rẫy
- to abandon; to repudiate; to renounce (one's wife)
Verb
rẫy
- (colloquial) Synonym of giãy