rabi

See also: rabí and rabî

English

Etymology

From Urdu ربیع (rabī)/Hindi रबी (rabī), from Persian ربیع (rabi'), from Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹabi/

Noun

rabi (plural rabis)

1. (South Asia) Spring. [from 18th c.]
2. (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.

References

• “rabi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “rabi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “rabi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

See also

• kharif

Anagrams

• Bair, Bari, Bria, RAIB, RIBA, abir, abri, bari, riba

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Emilian

Noun

rabi f

1. plural of ràbia

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Esperanto

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German rauben, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish rabować.

Pronunciation

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Verb

rabi (present rabas, past rabis, future rabos, conditional rabus, volitive rabu)

1. (transitive) take from someone by force or threat, rob

Conjugation

Conjugation of rabi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense rabas rabis rabos active participle rabanta rabantaj rabinta rabintaj rabonta rabontaj acc. rabantan rabantajn rabintan rabintajn rabontan rabontajn passive participle rabata rabataj rabita rabitaj rabota rabotaj acc. rabatan rabatajn rabitan rabitajn rabotan rabotajn nominal active participle rabanto rabantoj rabinto rabintoj rabonto rabontoj acc. rabanton rabantojn rabinton rabintojn rabonton rabontojn nominal passive participle rabato rabatoj rabito rabitoj raboto rabotoj acc. rabaton rabatojn rabiton rabitojn raboton rabotojn adverbial active participle rabante rabinte rabonte adverbial passive participle rabate rabite rabote infinitive rabi imperative rabu conditional rabus

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”)

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Estonian

Noun

rabi (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. rabbi (Jewish teacher or leader of a congregation)

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Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦲꦶꦁ​ꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): garwa putri
ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama-ngoko): rabi
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): bojo wadon

Noun

rabi

1. (dialectal) wife