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U+090B, ऋ
DEVANAGARI LETTER VOCALIC R

[U+090A]
Devanagari
[U+090C]

TranslingualEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

(ṛ)

  1. Traditionally classified as a vowel of the Devanagari script. Its matra, used to modify the inherent vowel in a consonant, is written ृ. For example the first consonant क with the matra looks like: कृ. It is only used in words of Sanskrit derivation. Transliterated as IAST: or ITRANS: RRi or R^i.

HindiEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾiː/

LetterEdit

(ŕ)

  1. the seventh vowel in Hindi

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MarathiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

(ŕ)

  1. The seventh vowel in Marathi, pronounced ru.

NepaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

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()

  1. The seventh vowel in Nepali.

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SanskritEdit

Sanskrit verb forms
Presentऋच्छति (ṛcchati)
इयर्ति (iyarti)
ऋणोति (ṛṇoti)
ऋण्वति (ṛṇvati)
Causativeअर्पयति (arpayati)

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EtymologyEdit

Merged from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (stir, move) and *h₂er- (fit, fix).

PronunciationEdit

RootEdit

()

  1. to go, move
  2. to rise, tend towards
  3. to move, shake
  4. to obtain, gain, acquire, reach, meet with
  5. to move, excite, raise (as voice, words, etc.)
  6. to display
  7. to injure, hurt
  8. to attack. -Caus. (अर्पयति, आर्पिपत्, अर्पित)
  9. to throw, cast, fling; fix or implant in
  10. to put or place on, fix upon, direct or cast towards (as the eye &c.); insert, give, set, or place
  11. to hand over; give to, give in charge of, consign, deliver
  12. to give up, sacrifice
  13. to give back, restore
  14. to pierce through, perforate, penetrate

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