ر

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /raːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢛 (l, “resh”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (l, “resh”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶. See also Classical Syriac ܪ (l, “resh”), Hebrew ר (l, “resh”), Ancient Greek Ρ (R), Latin R.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾ/, [ɾ]

Letter

ر (transliteration needed)

1. The ninteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r/, [r]

Letter

ر (transliteration needed)

1. The ninteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɻ/, [ɻ]

Letter

ر

1. The thirteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /raːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/
• (allophones): IPA^(key): [r], [ɾ]

Letter

ر • (rāʔ)

1. The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is رَاء (rāʔ), and is preceded by ذ (ḏāl) and followed by ز (zāy).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /reː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ra/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (r)

1. The ninth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Р.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر (re)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [rɔ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [r]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [(r)]

Letter

ر

1. The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਰ (rārā)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɾeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɾ/, /r/

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The fourteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾeː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾ/

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (re)

1. The tenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /rí/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر (r)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script r.