ر

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

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

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ر	ـر	ـر	ر

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]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر (ro or ra)

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

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, 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]

Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢛 (l, “resh”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (l, “resh”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶. See also Classical Syriac ܪ (l, “resh”), Hebrew ר (l, “resh”), Ancient Greek Ρ (R), Latin R.

Letter

ر • (rāʔ)

1. The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, called رَاء (rāʔ) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ز (z).

Symbol

ر • (rāʔ)

1. The twentieth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق (q) and followed by ش (š).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ر

Etymology 2

Verb

رَ • (ra) (form I) /ra/

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

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾ/, [ɾ]

Letter

ر (transliteration needed)

1. The ninteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r/, [r]

Letter

ر (transliteration needed)

1. The ninteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɻ/, [ɻ]

Letter

ر

1. The thirteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

• From Arabic ر (r). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish ره (re) or a Learned borrowing from Arabic رَاء (rāʔ)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر • (r)

1. The tenth letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called راء or ره and written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر • (rāʔ)

1. The tenth letter of the Hijazi Arabic alphabet, called رَاء and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ (ḏāl) and followed by ز (zāy).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي ^[edit]

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر • (r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ and followed by ڑ.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ر
Cyrillic	Р, р
Latin	R, r

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر • (r) (Cyrillic equivalent Р or р)

1. The ninth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by د (d) and followed by ز (z).

See also

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (äripter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر (re)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ and followed by ڑ.

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 (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, 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]

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ر • (r) (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

1. A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ع, ء) ^[edit]

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic and Persian ر (re).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈɾɛː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɾ/

Letter

ر / ـر • (re)

1. The twelfth letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, called ره (re) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ and followed by ز.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی, ء ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ and followed by ړ.

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɾeː/, /ɾe/
• (phoneme, initial) IPA^(key): /r/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɾ/
• (phoneme, before some consonants) IPA^(key): /ɹ/

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Letter

ر • (re)

1. The twelfth letter of the Persian alphabet, called ره or رِ and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ and followed by ز.

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)

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɾeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɾ/, /r/

Letter

ر • (re) (Gurmukhi equivalent ਰ)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ (ẕāl) and followed by ڑ (ṛe).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر • (re) (Devanagari equivalent र, Khudabadi equivalent 𑋙)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ (ẕ) and followed by ڙ (ṛ).

See also

• Arabic script letters: اَکَرَ (akhara) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾeː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾ/

Letter

ر • (re) (Devanagari equivalent र)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ذ and followed by ڑ.

Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The tenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by د (d) and followed by ز (z).

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر (transliteration needed) (Latin equivalent r)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by پ and followed by س.