Rai

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    stone money countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  3. 3
    A unit of area used in Thailand that is equal, in modern times, to 1,600 square metres (16 ares, 0.16 hectares, 0.3954 acres). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal. plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from India found among people from northern India and coastal Karnataka.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Ray (“a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert”) alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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stone moneystone money

Example

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"Rai was orphaned at age four. Homeless and without anyone to look after him, he became a street gangster, a rag picker, a delivery boy. He did anything to survive. Now, as an adult, he has become a Child Rights Activist."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Yapese raay.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Thai ไร่ (râi).

Etymology 3

Indian/Hindi surname, from a personal name based on the noun राजा (rājā, “king”).

Related phrases

rai stonestone money

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