rabi
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani ربیع (rabī) / रबी (rabī), from Persian ربیع (rabi'), from Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”).
Pronunciation
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, published 2013, page 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.
See also
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.
Anagrams
Emilian
Noun
rabi f
Esperanto
Etymology
From German rauben, Polish rabować. Compare English rob. Doublet of robo.
Pronunciation
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)
Declension
Declension of rabi (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | rabi | rabid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | rabi | ||
genitive | 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
Further reading
- “rabi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Indonesian
Pronunciation
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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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
Middle English
Noun
rabi
- Alternative form of raby
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
rabi (Cyrillic spelling раби)
- inflection of rabiti:
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɾaˈbi/ [ɾɐˈbi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ra‧bi
Noun
rabí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒ)
Anagrams
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rabbi, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbî).
Pronunciation
Noun
- English terms borrowed from Hindustani languages
- English terms derived from Hindustani languages
- English terms derived from Persian
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ر ب ع
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- South Asian English
- English terms with quotations
- en:Seasons
- Emilian non-lemma forms
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- Esperanto terms derived from German
- Esperanto terms derived from Polish
- Esperanto doublets
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Esperanto/abi
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto verbs
- Esperanto transitive verbs
- eo:Crime
- Estonian terms borrowed from German
- Estonian terms derived from German
- Estonian terms derived from Hebrew
- Estonian terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin
- Estonian terms derived from Koine Greek
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian elu-type nominals
- et:Judaism
- et:People
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian terms derived from Arabic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
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- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese nouns
- Javanese dialectal terms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian verb forms
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/i
- Rhymes:Tagalog/i/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Welsh terms borrowed from Latin
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- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh non-mutable terms
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- cy:Judaism
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