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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rabi 2 British  
/ ˈrʌbɪ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rabi

Urdu: spring crop, from Arabic rabī` spring

Example Sentences

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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

"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

For his photographic series entitled “Good Luck,” Rabi centered his black cat, Sea Beast, gazing at broken mirrors in his live-work studio.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

“An enormous ball of fire,” said Rabi, “which grew and grew and it rolled as it grew.”

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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