रा
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
रा
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ৰা (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- রা (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ရာ (Burmese script)
- રા (Gujarati script)
- ਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ರಾ (Kannada script)
- រា (Khmer script)
- ຣາ (Lao script)
- രാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ରା (Odia script)
- ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- රා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
- ரா (Tamil script)
- రా (Telugu script)
- รา (Thai script)
- རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cry, bellow”). Cognate with English roar.
Pronunciation edit
Root edit
रा • (rā)
- to bark
Derived terms edit
- रायति (rā́yati)
See also edit
- रास् (rās)
References edit
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 138
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “रा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0859, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0859