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  Rabi

  noun

  Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1944.
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  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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The national anthem played as RSP's president Rabi Lamichhane and soon-to-be prime minister Shah stood next to each other, before the parliamentarians were sworn in.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

A graphic cartoon of Balen and the RSP President Rabi Lamichhane destroying a concrete wall illustrates their manifesto, with the words "We have arrived".

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

In the 1930s, physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, who would go on to the Nobel Prize in Physics, did pioneering work on microwaves that led to the development of airborne radar systems.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

‘Good Luck,’ by L.A. street artist Rabi, was inspired by the duality and contradictions surrounding cats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

“I’ll never forget the way he stepped out of the car,” Isidor Rabi said of Oppenheimer.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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

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

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Douglas Dewar

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 kohl rabi, or turnip-rooted cabbage, is another nutritious vegetable which has inexplicably never been received into public favour.

From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett

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

From Tales of Fishes by Zane Grey