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rai¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Yapese raay.

noun rai

  1. countable, uncountable stone money

rai²

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”).

rai³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Thai ไร่ (râi).

noun rai

  1. countable, uncountable 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).

Rai⁴

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. A surname from India found among people from northern India and coastal Karnataka.

Rai⁵

proper noun

  1. alternative 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”)

noun

  1. plural, plural only An ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: isr, italy, har, ray, opinion, saw, iep, mai, ari, fpi, streak, gleam, glint, flash, beam, shaft

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noun Thai unit of area

中文萊 /莱 lái

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"rai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rai. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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rai. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rai

Chicago

"rai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rai.

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@misc{rai_2026,
  title = {rai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rai},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}