Rabi
noun
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1944.
Rabi
American
[rah-bee]
/ ˈrɑ bi /
noun
Rabi
1
British
/ ˈrɑːbɪ /
noun
rabi
2
British
/ ˈrʌbɪ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of rabi
Urdu: spring crop, from Arabic rabī` spring
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Arguably, the alliance also helped the RSP, the leader of which - Rabi Lamichhane - had been accused of embezzlement.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
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
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
“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
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
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
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
He used, to some extent, cabbages, kohl rabi, mangolds, shorts, and other substances, rich in the constituents of cheese and butter.
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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