rai
rai noun: stone money. Also the alternative spelling of raï.
Noun (1)
rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)
Noun (2)
rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)
- A unit of area used in Thailand that is equal, in modern times, to 1,600 square metres (16 ares, 0.16 hectares, 0.3954 acres).
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Rai
Rai
- A surname from India found among people from northern India and coastal Karnataka.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Rai
Rai
- Alternative form of Ray (“a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert”)
Noun (3) capitalized: Rai
Rai pl (plural only)
- An ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal.
Also used as
rai is also the alternative spelling of raï.
rai meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rai in Hindi
- राय, राई
rai in Tamil
- ராயி
rai in Marathi
- राय, राई
rai in Urdu
- رئی
More languagesFewer languages
- rai in Bengali
- রাই
- rai in Telugu
- రై
- rai in Malayalam
- റായി
- rai in Kannada
- ರೈ
- rai in Punjabi
- ਰਾਈ
- rai in Gujarati
- રાય, રાઈ
- rai in Odia
- ରାଇ
- rai in Nepali
- राय, राई
- rai in Thai
- ไร่ râi
Forms of rai
| plural | rai |
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Origin of rai
Borrowed from Yapese raay.
Borrowed from Thai ไร่ (râi).
Indian/Hindi surname, from a personal name based on the noun राजा (rājā, “king”).
Words formed from rai
Phrases with rai
Questions about rai
- What does rai mean?
- Rai means stone money.
- What is rai in Hindi?
- Rai in Hindi is राय, राई. See Rai meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rai?
- Rai can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of rai?
- The plural of rai is rai.
Words near rai in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rai (page history and authors); Rai (page history and authors); rai (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rai (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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