ရ

ရ U+101B, ရ MYANMAR LETTER RA ← ယ Myanmar လ →

Translingual

Letter

ရ

1. Ra, a letter of the Mon-Burmese script.
   • Burmese ရာဇာ (raja, “king”)
   • Mon ရမာန် (ramān, “Mon”)
   • Pali နိရုဇ္ဈတိ (nirujjhati, “to be destroyed”)
   • Rakhine ရွှ (hrwa., “saw (tool)”)
   • Rakhine ရှေ့တော်ခံ (hre.tauhkam)
   • Shan ရႁၢၼ်း (rǎháan, “monk”)

Burmese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ra. • ALA-LC: ra • BGN/PCGN: ya. • Okell: yá

(for certain loanwords derived from Pali or English):

• Phonetic respelling: *ရ
• IPA^(key): /ɹa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ra. • ALA-LC: ra • BGN/PCGN: ra. • Okell: rá

Letter

ရ • (ra.)

1. Ra, the 28th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ra. • ALA-LC: ra • BGN/PCGN: ya. • Okell: yá

Verb

ရ • (ra.)

1. to succeed, manage, be able
2. to be permitted, be all right, be OK

   မရပါဘူး။

   ma.ra.pabhu:||

   It’s not OK.

3. must, have to

   ဘယ်လောက် ပေးရသလဲ။

   bhailauk pe:ra.sa.lai:||

   How much do you have to pay?

   ကျွန်တော်ရန်ကုန်ကိုသွားရမယ်။

   kywantaurankunkuiswa:ra.mai||

   I must go to Yangon. (male speaker)

Mon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ̤ʔ/

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Letter

ရ (ra)

1. Ra, the twenty-seventh consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Pronoun

ရ (ra)

1. particle of unqualified assertion.

Adjective

ရ (ra)

1. assertive.
2. Closing the sentence, in questions It precedes the interrogative particle also used with the imperative.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ရ m

1. Burmese script form of ra (“the Pali letter 'r'”)

Declension

Shan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra˨˦/

Letter

ရ • (rǎ)

1. Ra, the 15th letter of the Shan alphabet.