rah
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology 1
Clipping of hurrah
Interjection
rah
- An exclamation of encouragement.
- 2011, Kern Alexander, M. David Alexander, American Public School Law (page 668)
- Not so very long ago, a row of docile cheerleaders would say, “rah, rah, rah, sis-boombah”—maybe a leg would kick up into the air, perhaps a jump under the cheerleader's own power.
- 2011, Kern Alexander, M. David Alexander, American Public School Law (page 668)
Noun
rah (plural rahs)
- (Britain, informal) A person (especially a student) with a posh accent who looks down on those who are "common".
- 2012, Helen Pidd, Letter from India: it's no easy matter being a woman looking for a decent drink in Delhi, The Guardian
- I didn't need to make a mental note not to follow their advice: like every other pretentious foreigner from the gap year rahs to the retired yoga addicts, I had no intention of stepping into a shopping centre. I was going to discover the real India.
- 2012, Helen Pidd, Letter from India: it's no easy matter being a woman looking for a decent drink in Delhi, The Guardian
Etymology 2
Clipping of rhatid
Interjection
rah
- (MLE) An expression of surprise.
- 2019 June 6, Skepta, quoted in “Skepta opens up about becoming a father and enduring two heartbreaking miscarriages” by Narjas Zatat, Metro:
- He’s like, “Shut up, man. Whatever man. Skip, man, was a shot.” And I’m like, “Rah, this is a bit of a weird reaction?”
- 2019 June 6, Skepta, quoted in “Skepta opens up about becoming a father and enduring two heartbreaking miscarriages” by Narjas Zatat, Metro:
- (MLE) An expression of admiration.
- 2016, Wiley, quoted in This Is Grime by Hattie Collins and Olivia Rose, Hachette UK, page 145:
- Target bought[sic] the tape round, I listened to it and I was like, ‘Rah, this is sick, this kid is so sick’.
- 2016, Wiley, quoted in This Is Grime by Hattie Collins and Olivia Rose, Hachette UK, page 145:
- (MLE) An expression of frustration or anger.
- 2016, Big Narstie (lyrics), “Fire In The Booth (Part 3)”, performed by Big Narstie on BBC Radio 1Extra:
- I was daydreaming, smoking weed out the curtain / Looking at my baby like rah, I'm just a burden
- 2016, Big Narstie (lyrics), “Fire In The Booth (Part 3)”, performed by Big Narstie on BBC Radio 1Extra:
Mizo
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice”). Cognate found in Tibetan འབྲས ('bras).
Verb
rah
- to bear fruit
- rah duh ― for a tree to be fruitful
- rah ṭha ― to bear good fruit
- rah chhia ― to bear bad fruit
Somali
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