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Bengali
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit रव (rava).
- রাঅ (rao), রাও (raō) — Standard
- আই (ai), আও (aō), রাই (rai) — Vaṅga and Varendra
Noun
রা • (ra)
- sound
- word, utterance
Etymology 2
Derived from the genitive ending -এর (-er).[1]
Suffix
রা • (ra)
- the; the plural definite article for animate nouns ending in vowels
See also
References
- ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, pages 734-736
Pali
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
- Bengali script form of rā, ablative singular of র (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)