rẫy

See also: rẩy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tai; compare Thai ไร่ (râi). Attested as rểy in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Alternative forms

Noun

rẫy • (𡓾, 𡋀)

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

Etymology 2

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 例 (MC ljejH) (modern SV: lệ) and 𬯩, composed of 阿 (MC 'a) + 賴 (MC lajH) (modern SV: a lại).

Verb

rẫy

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

Etymology 3

Verb

rẫy

  1. (colloquial) synonym of giãy
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