Rabi Definition

rŭbē
noun
The agricultural season in South Asia in which rain is scarce and only irrigated crops are grown, with crops sown in October and November and harvested from March to May.
American Heritage
Either the third or the fourth month of the year in the Islamic calendar.
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The spring harvest in India and Pakistan.

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Origin of Rabi

  • Hindi rabī Urdu rabī‘ from Arabic rabī‘ fourth part, spring rbʕ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Arabic rabī‘ spring, fourth rbʕ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rabi Sentence Examples

  • A quarrel arose, and in a short time the Azd under Kirmani, supported by the Rabi`a, who always were ready to join the opposition, were in insurrection, which Nasr tried in vain to put down by concessions.

  • Irritated by this failure, the caliph in 781 sent Harun, accompanied by his chamberlain Rabi`, with an army of nearly ioo,000 men, with orders to carry the war to the very gates of Constantinople.

  • Rabi` got his place.

  • Rabi`, with the view of gaining the new caliph's confidence, hastened to call together all the troops of the late caliph and to lead them back to Bagdad, in order to place them in the hands of the new sovereign, Amin.

  • Rabi` to select Ali, knowing that the dislike felt towards him by the Khorasanians would double their strength in fighting against him.

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Words Starting With

RRARAB

Words Ending With

IBIABI

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rabi

Words Starting With R and Ending With I

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With R4 Letter Words Ending With I