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)