rẫy
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Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Tai; compare Thai ไร่ (râi).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
- mountain field (obtained by deforestation, tree burning and replanting)
Etymology 2[edit]
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 離 (SV: li), from the transitive departing-tone derivation *raj-s "to reject" of Old Chinese *raj "to depart".
Verb[edit]
rẫy
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
rẫy
- (colloquial) Synonym of giãy