Standard Lemma guide

rai

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: R AA1 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from India found among people from northern India and coastal Karnataka.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

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”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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3

noun

Meaning 3

stone money

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

An ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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History

Etymology

Indian/Hindi surname, from a personal name based on the noun राजा (rājā, “king”).

Borrowed from Yapese raay.

Borrowed from Thai ไร่ (râi).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 萊 /莱 (lái) — Thai unit of area
  • Polish: rai — Thai unit of area
  • Thai: ไร่ (râi) — Thai unit of area