# rabi
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɹabi/

### 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

* kharif

### 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., 2003–2025.

### Anagrams

* Abir, Bair, Bari, Bria, RAIB, RIBA, abir, abri, bari, riba

## Emilian
### Noun

rabi f
* plural of ràbia

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From German rauben, Polish rabować. Compare English rob. Doublet of robo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrabi]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -abi
* Hyphenation: ra‧bi

### Verb

rabi (present rabas, past rabis, future rabos, conditional rabus, volitive rabu)
* (transitive) to take from someone by force or threat, to rob

#### 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)
* rabbi

#### Declension
### References

* rabi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

### 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

* IPA: [ˈrabi]
* Hyphenation: ra‧bi

### Etymology 1

From Arabic رَبِّي (rabbī, “my God”), رَبّ (rabb, “God, Lord”, literally “master, lord, king, sovereign”), from Proto-Semitic *rabb-.

#### Noun

rabi (uncountable)
* 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)
* 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
* ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦶꦁꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): garwa putri
* ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama ngoko): rabi
* ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): bojo wadon

### Noun

rabi
* (dialectal) wife

## Middle English
### Noun

rabi
* Alternative form of raby

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

rabi (Cyrillic spelling раби)
* inflection of rabiti:
** third-person singular present
** second-person singular imperative

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrabi]

### Noun

rabi
* nominative plural of rab

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rabí.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɾaˈbi/ [ɾɐˈbi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ra‧bi

### Noun

rabí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒ)
* rabbi
    Synonym: rabino

### Anagrams

* bira, abri

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* rabbi

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rabbi, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbî).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrabi/

### Noun

rabi m (plural rabiniaid or rabïaid, not mutable)
* (Judaism) rabbi