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▪ I. ‖ rabi|ˈræbiː| See also rubbee. [Urdū rabī (ad. Arab. rabīﻋ Spring.] The most important of the three grain crops of Hindustan, sown in September and reaped in the Spring. Also attrib., as rabi-crop, rabi-harvest.
1882Hunter Ind. Empire 385 According to the system of classification in Upper India, wheat ranks as a rabí or spring crop, being reaped at the close of the cold weather in April and May. 1886A. H. Church Food Grains Ind. 99 Where indigo is grown in the kharif, barley is its usual accompaniment in the rabi. 1898Agric. Ledger V. No. 12. 16 Before the rabi-harvest. ▪ II. rabi obs. form of rabbi. |