rẫy
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Tai; compare Thai ไร่ (râi).
Alternative forms
editNoun
edit- mountain field (obtained by deforestation, tree burning and replanting)
Etymology 2
editNon-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
editrẫy
Etymology 3
editVerb
editrẫy
- (colloquial) Synonym of giãy