রা

Bengali

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रव (rava).

Alternative forms

• রাঅ (rao), রাও (raō) — Standard
• আই (ai), আও (aō), রাই (rai) — Vaṅga and Varendra

Noun

রা • (ra)

1. sound
2. word, utterance

Etymology 2

Derived from the genitive ending -এর (-er).

Alternative forms

• -রা (-ra)
• -এরা (-era)

Suffix

রা • (ra)

1. the; the plural definite article for animate nouns ending in vowels

See also

• -টা (-ṭa) -টি (-ṭi)
• -গুলা (-gula), -গুলো (-gulō)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “রা ১” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “রা ১, রাঅ, রাও (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rā (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• रा (Devanagari script)
• රා (Sinhalese script)
• ရာ or ရႃ (Burmese script)
• รา (Thai script)
• ᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣາ (Lao script)
• រា (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

রা

1. Bengali script form of rā, ablative singular of র (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)