Rabi

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Spring. South-Asia
  2. 2
    The spring harvest. South-Asia

    "...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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Either of two months in the Islamic calendar: Rabi I (the third month) and Rabi II (the fourth).
  2. 2
    A surname.

Example

More examples

"Rabi is living in a straw house."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindustani ربیع (rabī) / रबी (rabī), from Persian ربیع (rabi'), from Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ).

Related phrases

Rabi cycleRabi flopRabi floppingRabi problem

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