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Rai
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from India found among people from northern India and coastal Karnataka.
- 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
Noun
- 1 stone money countable, uncountable
- 2 Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 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 An ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal. plural, plural-only
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”).
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