noun
- Plural of padi; rice fields, especially in Southeast Asia, or rice in the husk before threshing.
Usage: chiefly used in Southeast Asian English; also spelled 'paddies' in some contexts
Examples
- The farmers worked in the padis during the harvest season.
- Water buffalo are commonly used to plow the padis in rural areas.
- The village is surrounded by extensive padis that feed the local population.
- Young rice plants were transplanted into the flooded padis.
- The padis turned golden as the rice ripened in the sun.