र

See also: ऱ

र U+0930, र DEVANAGARI LETTER RA ← य [U+092F] Devanagari ऱ → [U+0931]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

र (ra)

1. The second semivowel of the Devanagari script, but traditionally classified (and collated) as a consonant. Linguistically it is considered an alveolar trill, and is classified as an approximant.

See also

Ligatures:

• श्र (śra): श + र
• स्त्र (stra): स + त + र

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Hindi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾə/

Letter

र • (ra)

1. the twenty-seventh consonant in Hindi

See also

• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ऌ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ ष़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters) [edit]}

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Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rə/

Letter

र • (ra)

1. The twenty-sixth consonant in Marathi.

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʌ/

Letter

र • (ra)

1. The twenty-seventh consonant in Nepali.

Conjunction

र • (ra)

1. and

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ra (Latin script)
• 𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• র (Bengali script)
• ර (Sinhalese script)
• ရ (Burmese script)
• ร or ระ (Thai script)
• ᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣ or ຣະ (Lao script)
• រ (Khmer script)

Noun

र m

1. the Pali letter 'r'
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, स, ह, ळ, ं। इति व्यञ्जन नाम होन्ति।

     Ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la, va, sa, ha, ḷa, aṃ, iti vyañjanā nāma honti.

     'k', 'kh', 'g', 'gh', 'ṅ', 'c', 'ch', 'j', 'jh', 'ñ, 'ṭ', 'ṭh', 'ḍ', 'ḍh', 'ṇ', 't', 'th', 'd', 'dh', 'n', 'p', 'ph', 'b', 'bh', 'm', 'y', 'r', 'l', 'v', 's', 'h', 'ḷ' and 'ṃ', these are the consonants by name.

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2] (in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     लो रस्स यथा-महासालो।

     Lo rassa yathā mahāsālo.

     'L' 'r' as in 'mahāsālo'.

Declension

Declension table of "र" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	रो
Accusative (second)	रं
Instrumental (third)	रेन
Dative (fourth)	रस्स or राय or रत्थं
Ablative (fifth)	रस्मा or रम्हा or रा
Genitive (sixth)	रस्स
Locative (seventh)	रस्मिं or रम्हि or रे
Vocative (calling)	र