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  Rabi

  noun

  Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1944.
• rabi
  rabi

  noun

  (in Pakistan, India, etc) a crop that is harvested at the end of winter Compare kharif

Rabi

American  

[rah-bee] / ˈrɑ bi /

noun

1. Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1944.

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Rabi ¹ British  

/ ˈrɑːbɪ /

noun

1. Isidor Isaac . 1898–1988, US physicist, born in Austria, who devised the atomic and molecular beam resonance method of observing atomic spectra. Nobel prize for physics 1944

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rabi ² British  

/ ˈrʌbɪ /

noun

1. (in Pakistan, India, etc) a crop that is harvested at the end of winter Compare kharif

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Etymology

Origin of rabi

Urdu: spring crop, from Arabic rabī` spring

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He campaigned alongside the RSP president, combative television host Rabi Lamichhane, 51, a former deputy prime minister and interior minister and now a fellow lawmaker who retains a pivotal role in power.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

Rabi Sheik, who died at the scene, has been described as "gentle, affectionate, respectful, and incredibly mindful" in a tribute made by his family.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

"Rabi was one of the first to control the quantum states of molecules and was a pioneer of microwave research," said Will.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

“They are evil but they’re also awesome. And people have held that contradiction about cats since the dawn of time,” said L.A. street artist Rabi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

Rabi stitched together the new lab’s sponsoring consortium, known as Associated Universities, from nine large Eastern research institutions that would have been hard pressed to compete individually in the multimillion-dollar world of postwar high-energy physics.*

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Kohl rabi, from caulo-rapum, cabbage turnip, is a name given to the Brassica oleracea.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

This last has comprised cooked potatoes, raw artichokes, mangolds, kohl rabi, swedes, cabbages, etc., during the winter months, and grass, lucerne, clover, vetches, cole seed, etc., during the summer months.

From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer

The Spanish appeared to be rabi, meaning rabies, and horcar, to hang.

From Tales of Fishes by Zane Grey

Crops such as wheat which are cut in spring are called rabi crops.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Douglas Dewar

When this is eaten up, green food is given, consisting of cabbages, from October to December, kohl rabi till February, and mangold till grass time, with a view to nicety of flavor.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings

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