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).

Alternative forms

• dẫy

Noun

rẫy • (𡓾, 𡋀)

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

Etymology 2

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

rẫy

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

Etymology 3

Verb

rẫy

1. (colloquial) Synonym of giãy