ر

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

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]

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)