rẫy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəj˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐəj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹəj˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tai; compare Thai ไร่ (râi).

Noun

rẫy (𡓾, 𡋀)

mountain field (obtained by deforestation, tree burning and replanting)

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 離 (SV: li) (from the departing-tone reading “to reject”; Old Chinese *raj-s).

Verb

rẫy

to abandon; to repudiate; to renounce (one's wife)

Verb

rẫy

(colloquial) Synonym of giãy

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