ৰ

ৰ U+09F0, ৰ BENGALI LETTER RA WITH MIDDLE DIAGONAL ← ৯ [U+09EF] Bengali ৱ → [U+09F1]

Translingual

Etymology

From Siddham 𑖨 (ra), with a stroke in the middle to differentiate from *ব (“ba/va”). Similar solution was applied to Devanagari ब (“ba”) but for "ba" sound.

Letter

ৰ

1. Letter of the Bengali alphabet.

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Assamese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɔ/

Letter

ৰ • (r)

1. The 38th character in the Assamese alphabet.

See also

(Eastern Nagari script letters) অ,‎ আ,‎ ই,‎ ঈ,‎ উ,‎ ঊ,‎ ঋ,‎ এ,‎ ঐ,‎ ও,‎ ঔ,‎ অ’,‎ এ’,‎ ক,‎ খ,‎ গ,‎ ঘ,‎ ঙ,‎ চ,‎ ছ,‎ জ,‎ ঝ,‎ ঞ,‎ ট,‎ ঠ,‎ ড,‎ ঢ,‎ ণ,‎ প,‎ ফ,‎ ব,‎ ভ,‎ ম,‎ য,‎ ৰ,‎ ল,‎ ৱ,‎ শ,‎ ষ,‎ স,‎ হ,‎ ক্ষ,‎ ড়,‎ ঢ়,‎ য়,‎ ৎ,‎ ং,‎ ঃ,‎ ঁ ^{(Category: Assamese letters) [edit]}

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Bengali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɔ/

Letter

ৰ • (r)

1. (obsolete) Bengali letter ra. [until 19th c.]

   Synonym: র (rô)

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Maithili

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾ/

Letter

ৰ • (ra)

1. Maithili character ra.

Alternative forms

• 𑒩/ব

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)

Alternative forms

• iva (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• इव (Devanagari script)
• ইৰ (Bengali script)
• ඉව (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝ or ဢိဝ (Burmese script)
• อิว or อิวะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວ or ອິວະ (Lao script)
• ឥវ (Khmer script)

Etymology

From iva.

Particle

ৰ

1. Bengali script form of unknown (“like, as if”)