ر

ر U+0631, ر ARABIC LETTER REH ← ذ [U+0630] Arabic ز → [U+0632]

ﺭ U+FEAD, ﺭ ARABIC LETTER REH ISOLATED FORM ← ﺬ [U+FEAC] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺮ → [U+FEAE]

ﺮ U+FEAE, ﺮ ARABIC LETTER REH FINAL FORM ← ﺭ [U+FEAD] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺯ → [U+FEAF]

See also: ز, ژٕ, ژ, ڑ, and Appendix:Variations of "r"

Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /raːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Etymology 1

Letter

ر • (rāʾ)

1. The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ز (z).

Symbol

ر • (rāʾ)

1. The twentieth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ق (q) and followed by ش (š).

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ā), ب (b), ت (t), ث (ṯ), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), د (d), ذ (ḏ), ر (r), ز (z), س (s), ش (š), ص (ṣ), ض (ḍ), ط (ṭ), ظ (ẓ), ع (ʿ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), ل (l), م (m), ن (n), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ر

Etymology 2

Verb

رَ • (ra) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of رَأَى (raʾā)

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Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /raːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/
• (allophones): IPA^(key): [r], [ɾ]

Letter

ر • (rāʾ)

1. The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is رَاء (rāʾ), and is preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ز (z).

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ر	ـر	ـرـ	رـ

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Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر (re)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ر	ـر

See also

• Previous letter: ذ
• Next letter: ڑ

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [rɔ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [r]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [(r)]

Letter

ر

1. The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف; ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ر	ـر

See also

• Previous letter: ذ
• Next letter: ړ

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Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Letter

ر • (re)

1. The twelfth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ذ and followed by ز. Its name is ره or رِ.

Etymology 2

Noun

ر • (re)

1. (music) D, Re (the second note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
2. (music) Re (the second note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the supertonic)

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Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر (re)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ر	ـر

See also

• Previous letter: ذ
• Next letter: ڙ

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Urdu

Alternative forms

• र (ra)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ر	ـر

See also

• Previous letter: ذ
• Next letter: ڑ

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Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The tenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ر	ـر

See also

• Previous letter: د (d)
• Next letter: ز (z)