रेफ

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾeːpʰ/

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रेफ (repha).

रेफ • (reph) m (Urdu spelling ریپھ)

1. a burring guttural sound, the letter ra (as so pronounced)
2. a word
3. (prosody) a cretic

Inherited from Sanskrit रेफस् (rephas).

रेफ • (reph) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ریپھ)

1. low, vile, blamed

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रेफ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “reph”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

From the root रिफ् (riph).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐj.pʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾeː.pʰɐ/

रेफ • (repha) stem, m

1. a burring guttural sound, the letter ra (as so pronounced)
2. a word
3. (prosody) a cretic
4. passion, affection of the mind

रेफ • (repha) stem

1. low, vile, contemptible

• → Gujarati: રેફ (reph)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रेफ (reph)

  Urdu: ریپھ (reph)

• → Telugu: రేఫము (rēphamu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “रेफ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 880, column 3.