rai

[ rahy ]

noun

1. a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.

rai

/ raɪ /

noun

1. a type of Algerian popular music based on traditional Algerian music influenced by modern Western pop

Word History and Origins

Origin of rai¹

First recorded in 1985–90; from Algerian French raï, of uncertain origin; perhaps from Algerian Arabic (ha er-)ray “(here is the) view, (that's the) thinking,” a phrase often used in the songs

Word History and Origins

Origin of rai¹

C20: Arabic, literally: opinion

Example Sentences

Before Oura, Rai was a portfolio manager at Eminence Capital for nine years.

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Eisenstadt was sitting on a park bench reading a book when Ibrahim Salem Ali al-Rai attacked and killed him with an axe in 1994.

From The Daily Beast

In the letter, shown on Italian Rai Tre state television, Lombardi wrote of his concerns and asked how to address the press.

From The Daily Beast

It is a spring of massacres, destruction and violence, as Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, the head of Lebanon's Maronite Church, put it.

From The Daily Beast

But the riders whirled along towards Rai Bareilly, and in another quarter of an hour the night would be their best guardian.

From Project Gutenberg

Cure (v), kirai̍schachkais (rai and kais run together; the whole short).

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Art thou certain, Dwarika Rai, that they have slain my brother?

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He then questioned Dwarika Rai as to who laid the powder train.

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In the voyage of life he had arrived at the desert shores of Rai Bahadurship by diligently plying his oats of salaams.

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