Rain.¹adj.

Brit.

/rʌɪ/, U.S.

/raɪ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Rais.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Nepali. Partly from a proper name. Etymons: Nepali rāi; proper name Rai.

Etymology: Partly < Nepali rāi, denoting a cluster of small ethnic groups of eastern Nepal, and partly < Rai, the usual surname of their members.

A. n.¹

1. A member of an ethnic grouping of eastern Nepal.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Tibet and Nepal > [noun] > peoples of Nepal

Gurung1819

Limbu1819

Murmi1819

Rai1854

Gurkhali1884

Thakali1928

Tamang1937

1854 C. C. J. Bunsen Outl. Philos. Universal Hist. I. 362 The Limbus are ranged under two great divisions, viz. Hung and Rai, each subdivided into many clans.

1899 P. D. Bonarjee Handbk. Fighting Races of India v. 114 The Khambus and Yakkas, who are collectively known as Rais.

1906 E. Vansittart Gurkhās xi. 128 In the history of Nēpāl it is stated that the Rāis conquered the Nēpāl Valley.

1955 Man 55 51/2 The Rai are not Buddhists.

1957 F. Tuker Gorkha v. 37 For every Rai a different language, the Gurkhas say.

1993 Buzzworm (Nexis) May 60 One of the older Sherpas, a Rai, has so much to tell us..that he bulldozes the language barrier by dint of sheer enthusiasm.

2. The cluster of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by this people.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Tibeto-Burman > miscellaneous Tibeto-Burman languages > East Himalayan

Limbu1909

Rai1956

1956 J. Heyman et al. Surv. Nepal Society xii. 219 The principal languages within this group are Limbu, Khambu, Rai, Yakha and Dhimal.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XII. 954/1 The languages of the north and east belong predominantly to the Tibeto-Burman family. These include Magar, Gurung, Rai, [etc.].

2007 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 3 Jan. Rai is an official language in the state.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Rais or their language.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [adjective] > other peoples of India

Gentoo1672

Maratha1742

Mewati1832

Toda1834

Naga1835

Sindhi1836

Yusufzai1838

Ahom1848

Dogra1849

Lushai1862

Meo1880

Rai1899

Moplah1910

the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > Tibeto-Burman > Tibetic > East Himalayan

Limbu1854

Rai1899

Khamba1957

Tibeto-Chinese1960

1899 P. D. Bonarjee Handbk. Fighting Races of India v. 101 The whole of the Limbu and Rai country in Eastern Nepal.

1928 W. B. Northey & C. J. Morris Gurkhas xv. 216 Khambus and Yakhas..are now both regarded as Rais. They both speak the Rai language.

1970 L. Caplan Land & Social Change in E. Nepal v. 96 The land was repossessed..and re-pledged to a Rai landholder.

2006 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 18 Aug. Gurung and Rai communities in the Hills should be provided tribal status.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rain.²

Brit.

/rʌɪ/, U.S.

/raɪ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Thai. Etymon: Thai rai.

Etymology: < Thai rai upland field, unit of land area.

In Thailand: a unit of land area equal to 1600 square metres.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > other units of land measure

wandalec1150

wista1200

landc1400

ridge1439

peck1442

scrophec1450

buttc1460

rig1485

mark1488

stick1531

farthingdeal1543

plough-gang1548

quarterland1563

ploughgate1565

last1576

wand1596

ox-skin1610

garbred1621

plank1631

nooka1634

buttal1635

farthinga1640

rick1641

familia1676

rhandir1688

setiera1690

worthine1701

fierding1768

whip-land1811

rai1933

1933 Econ. Geogr. 9 10 In the burned clearings, usually from two to three Rai in extent, rice is planted with the hoe.

1972 Compar. Politics 4 205 The average amount of cultivated area per household is nine rai.

1997 Bangkok Post 26 Feb. i. 4/1 The company has planned to expand the project to cover 6,000 rai of land near the factory.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rain.³

Brit.

/rʌɪ/, U.S.

/raɪ/

Forms: 1900s– rai, 1900s– raï.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French raï.

Etymology: < Algerian French raï (1981 or earlier), of uncertain origin; perhaps < the Algerian Arabic expression ha er-ray or (ya ray), literally ‘here is the view’, ‘that's the thinking’ (compare classical Arabic ra'y opinion, view), which is frequently heard in the songs.

A style of Algerian popular music which combines Arabic and Algerian folk elements with contemporary international musical styles, and whose lyrics often feature themes considered taboo in traditional Muslim society, such as drinking or sexual permissiveness.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > other pop music

a cappella1905

soundclash1925

marabi1933

doo-wop1958

filk1959

folk-rock1963

Liverpool sound1963

Mersey beat1963

Mersey sound1963

surf music1963

malombo1964

mbaqanga1964

easy listening1965

disco music1966

Motown1966

boogaloo1967

power pop1967

psychedelia1967

yé-yé1967

agitpop1968

bubblegum1968

Tamla Motown1968

Tex-Mex1968

downtempo1969

taarab1969

thrash1969

world music1969

funk1970

MOR1970

tropicalism1970

Afrobeat1971

electro-pop1971

post-rock1971

techno-pop1971

Tropicalia1971

tropicalismo1971

disco1972

Krautrock1972

schlager1973

Afropop1974

punk funk1974

disco funk1975

Europop1976

mgqashiyo1976

P-funk1976

funkadelia1977

karaoke music1977

alternative music1978

hardcore1978

psychobilly1978

punkabilly1978

R&B1978

cowpunk1979

dangdut1979

hip-hop1979

Northern Soul1979

rap1979

rapping1979

jit1980

trance1980

benga1981

New Romanticism1981

post-punk1981

rap music1981

scratch1982

scratch-music1982

synth-pop1982

electro1983

garage1983

Latin1983

Philly1983

New Age1984

New Age music1985

ambient1986

Britpop1986

gangster rap1986

house1986

house music1986

mbalax1986

rai1986

trot1986

zouk1986

bhangra1987

garage1987

hip-house1987

new school1987

old school1987

thrashcore1987

acid1988

acid house1988

acid jazz1988

ambience1988

Cantopop1988

dance1988

deep house1988

industrial1988

swingbeat1988

techno1988

dream pop1989

gangsta rap1989

multiculti1989

new jack swing1989

noise-pop1989

rave1989

Tejano1989

breakbeat1990

chill-out music1990

indie1990

new jack1990

new jill swing1990

noisecore1990

baggy1991

drum and bass1991

gangsta1991

handbag house1991

hip-pop1991

loungecore1991

psychedelic trance1991

shoegazing1991

slowcore1991

techno-house1991

gabba1992

jungle1992

sadcore1992

UK garage1992

darkcore1993

dark side1993

electronica1993

G-funk1993

sampladelia1994

trip hop1994

break1996

psy-trance1996

nu skool1997

folktronica1999

dubstep2002

Bongo Flava2003

grime2003

Bongo2004

singeli2015

1986 People Weekly (U.S.) 24 Feb. 29/3 Called ‘rai’.., the sound is described as space-age Arabic folk music.

1989 Q Dec. 121/3 Fadela's last Mango album..was raw rai—with the Algerian singer, a beat box and instrumental lines made up largely, one suspects, of synthesized battery acid.

1991 P. Sweeney Virgin Directory World Music 8 The cheikhate were, in effect, the earliest raï singers, with their libertine lyrics and lifestyles.

1992 New Perspectives Q. Spring 56/2 In its street form, rai operates in France to keep a community of former North African residents connected.

2006 fRoots Mar. 41/2 (advt.) The charismatic charmer from Oran, the home of rai music, still mixes the most evocative cocktails of Cuban rhythms, French chic and Oriental mellowness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹adj.1854

n.²1933

n.³1986

单词	rai
释义	Rain.¹adj. Brit. /rʌɪ/, U.S. /raɪ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Rais. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Nepali. Partly from a proper name. Etymons: Nepali rāi; proper name Rai. Etymology: Partly < Nepali rāi, denoting a cluster of small ethnic groups of eastern Nepal, and partly < Rai, the usual surname of their members. A. n.¹ 1. A member of an ethnic grouping of eastern Nepal. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Tibet and Nepal > [noun] > peoples of Nepal Gurung1819 Limbu1819 Murmi1819 Rai1854 Gurkhali1884 Thakali1928 Tamang1937 1854 C. C. J. Bunsen Outl. Philos. Universal Hist. I. 362 The Limbus are ranged under two great divisions, viz. Hung and Rai, each subdivided into many clans. 1899 P. D. Bonarjee Handbk. Fighting Races of India v. 114 The Khambus and Yakkas, who are collectively known as Rais. 1906 E. Vansittart Gurkhās xi. 128 In the history of Nēpāl it is stated that the Rāis conquered the Nēpāl Valley. 1955 Man 55 51/2 The Rai are not Buddhists. 1957 F. Tuker Gorkha v. 37 For every Rai a different language, the Gurkhas say. 1993 Buzzworm (Nexis) May 60 One of the older Sherpas, a Rai, has so much to tell us..that he bulldozes the language barrier by dint of sheer enthusiasm. 2. The cluster of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by this people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Tibeto-Burman > miscellaneous Tibeto-Burman languages > East Himalayan Limbu1909 Rai1956 1956 J. Heyman et al. Surv. Nepal Society xii. 219 The principal languages within this group are Limbu, Khambu, Rai, Yakha and Dhimal. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XII. 954/1 The languages of the north and east belong predominantly to the Tibeto-Burman family. These include Magar, Gurung, Rai, [etc.]. 2007 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 3 Jan. Rai is an official language in the state. B. adj. Of or relating to the Rais or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [adjective] > other peoples of India Gentoo1672 Maratha1742 Mewati1832 Toda1834 Naga1835 Sindhi1836 Yusufzai1838 Ahom1848 Dogra1849 Lushai1862 Meo1880 Rai1899 Moplah1910 the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > Tibeto-Burman > Tibetic > East Himalayan Limbu1854 Rai1899 Khamba1957 Tibeto-Chinese1960 1899 P. D. Bonarjee Handbk. Fighting Races of India v. 101 The whole of the Limbu and Rai country in Eastern Nepal. 1928 W. B. Northey & C. J. Morris Gurkhas xv. 216 Khambus and Yakhas..are now both regarded as Rais. They both speak the Rai language. 1970 L. Caplan Land & Social Change in E. Nepal v. 96 The land was repossessed..and re-pledged to a Rai landholder. 2006 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 18 Aug. Gurung and Rai communities in the Hills should be provided tribal status. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rain.² Brit. /rʌɪ/, U.S. /raɪ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Thai. Etymon: Thai rai. Etymology: < Thai rai upland field, unit of land area. In Thailand: a unit of land area equal to 1600 square metres. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > other units of land measure wandalec1150 wista1200 landc1400 ridge1439 peck1442 scrophec1450 buttc1460 rig1485 mark1488 stick1531 farthingdeal1543 plough-gang1548 quarterland1563 ploughgate1565 last1576 wand1596 ox-skin1610 garbred1621 plank1631 nooka1634 buttal1635 farthinga1640 rick1641 familia1676 rhandir1688 setiera1690 worthine1701 fierding1768 whip-land1811 rai1933 1933 Econ. Geogr. 9 10 In the burned clearings, usually from two to three Rai in extent, rice is planted with the hoe. 1972 Compar. Politics 4 205 The average amount of cultivated area per household is nine rai. 1997 Bangkok Post 26 Feb. i. 4/1 The company has planned to expand the project to cover 6,000 rai of land near the factory. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rain.³ Brit. /rʌɪ/, U.S. /raɪ/ Forms: 1900s– rai, 1900s– raï. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French raï. Etymology: < Algerian French raï (1981 or earlier), of uncertain origin; perhaps < the Algerian Arabic expression ha er-ray or (ya ray), literally ‘here is the view’, ‘that's the thinking’ (compare classical Arabic ra'y opinion, view), which is frequently heard in the songs. A style of Algerian popular music which combines Arabic and Algerian folk elements with contemporary international musical styles, and whose lyrics often feature themes considered taboo in traditional Muslim society, such as drinking or sexual permissiveness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > other pop music a cappella1905 soundclash1925 marabi1933 doo-wop1958 filk1959 folk-rock1963 Liverpool sound1963 Mersey beat1963 Mersey sound1963 surf music1963 malombo1964 mbaqanga1964 easy listening1965 disco music1966 Motown1966 boogaloo1967 power pop1967 psychedelia1967 yé-yé1967 agitpop1968 bubblegum1968 Tamla Motown1968 Tex-Mex1968 downtempo1969 taarab1969 thrash1969 world music1969 funk1970 MOR1970 tropicalism1970 Afrobeat1971 electro-pop1971 post-rock1971 techno-pop1971 Tropicalia1971 tropicalismo1971 disco1972 Krautrock1972 schlager1973 Afropop1974 punk funk1974 disco funk1975 Europop1976 mgqashiyo1976 P-funk1976 funkadelia1977 karaoke music1977 alternative music1978 hardcore1978 psychobilly1978 punkabilly1978 R&B1978 cowpunk1979 dangdut1979 hip-hop1979 Northern Soul1979 rap1979 rapping1979 jit1980 trance1980 benga1981 New Romanticism1981 post-punk1981 rap music1981 scratch1982 scratch-music1982 synth-pop1982 electro1983 garage1983 Latin1983 Philly1983 New Age1984 New Age music1985 ambient1986 Britpop1986 gangster rap1986 house1986 house music1986 mbalax1986 rai1986 trot1986 zouk1986 bhangra1987 garage1987 hip-house1987 new school1987 old school1987 thrashcore1987 acid1988 acid house1988 acid jazz1988 ambience1988 Cantopop1988 dance1988 deep house1988 industrial1988 swingbeat1988 techno1988 dream pop1989 gangsta rap1989 multiculti1989 new jack swing1989 noise-pop1989 rave1989 Tejano1989 breakbeat1990 chill-out music1990 indie1990 new jack1990 new jill swing1990 noisecore1990 baggy1991 drum and bass1991 gangsta1991 handbag house1991 hip-pop1991 loungecore1991 psychedelic trance1991 shoegazing1991 slowcore1991 techno-house1991 gabba1992 jungle1992 sadcore1992 UK garage1992 darkcore1993 dark side1993 electronica1993 G-funk1993 sampladelia1994 trip hop1994 break1996 psy-trance1996 nu skool1997 folktronica1999 dubstep2002 Bongo Flava2003 grime2003 Bongo2004 singeli2015 1986 People Weekly (U.S.) 24 Feb. 29/3 Called ‘rai’.., the sound is described as space-age Arabic folk music. 1989 Q Dec. 121/3 Fadela's last Mango album..was raw rai—with the Algerian singer, a beat box and instrumental lines made up largely, one suspects, of synthesized battery acid. 1991 P. Sweeney Virgin Directory World Music 8 The cheikhate were, in effect, the earliest raï singers, with their libertine lyrics and lifestyles. 1992 New Perspectives Q. Spring 56/2 In its street form, rai operates in France to keep a community of former North African residents connected. 2006 fRoots Mar. 41/2 (advt.) The charismatic charmer from Oran, the home of rai music, still mixes the most evocative cocktails of Cuban rhythms, French chic and Oriental mellowness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.1854n.²1933n.³1986
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