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rabiz

rabiz noun: a popular modern Armenian music style that shows Middle Eastern influences and is related to Russian blatnyak and Azerbaijani mugham. Most of the songs have a 6/8 rhythm.

Noun

rabiz

  1. A popular modern Armenian music style that shows Middle Eastern influences and is related to Russian blatnyak and Azerbaijani mugham. Most of the songs have a 6/8 rhythm.
  2. (slang) A member of an Armenian hillbilly subculture embracing rabiz music, exhibiting materialistic flamboyancy, using a blend of Russian and Armenian slang words, and wearing matching sport suits, sunglasses and shoes called ծիծակ (cicak).

Forms of rabiz

alternative formrabis

Origin of rabiz

Borrowed from Armenian ռաբիզ (ṙabiz). See it for more.

Questions about rabiz

What does rabiz mean?
Rabiz means a popular modern Armenian music style that shows Middle Eastern influences and is related to Russian blatnyak and Azerbaijani mugham. Most of the songs have a 6/8 rhythm.
What part of speech is rabiz?
Rabiz is a noun.

Words near rabiz in the dictionary

  1. Rabins
  2. rabious
  3. rabip
  4. rabips
  5. rabis
  6. rabiz
  7. Rabjohns
  8. Rablen
  9. raboday
  10. Raboin
  11. Raboins

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