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Arabic
Pronunciation
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 .
Letter
ر • (rāʔ )
The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is رَاء ( rāʔ ) and is preceded by ذ ( ḏ ) and followed by ز ( z ) .
Symbol
ر • (rāʔ )
The twentieth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals ). It is preceded by ق ( q ) and followed by ش ( š ) .
See also
(Arabic script letters ) ا ( ʔalif ) , ب ( bāʔ ) , ت ( tāʔ ) , ث ( ṯāʔ ) , ج ( jīm ) , ح ( ḥāʔ ) , خ ( ḵāʔ ) , د ( dāl ) , ذ ( ḏāl ) , ر ( rāʔ ) , ز ( zāy ) , س ( sīn ) , ش ( šīn ) , ص ( ṣād ) , ض ( ḍād ) , ط ( ṭāʔ ) , ظ ( ẓāʔ ) , ع ( ʕayn ) , غ ( ḡayn ) , ف ( fāʔ ) , ق ( qāf ) , ك ( kāf ) , ل ( lām ) , م ( mīm ) , ن ( nūn ) , ه ( hāʔ ) , و ( wāw ) , ي ( yāʔ )
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Etymology 2
Verb
رَ • (ra ) (form I ) /ra/
second-person masculine singular imperative of رَأَى ( raʔā )
Balti
Pronunciation
Letter
ر (transliteration needed )
The ninteenth letter of the Balti alphabet , written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
Pronunciation
Letter
ر (transliteration needed )
The ninteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet , written in the Perso-Arabic script
Chinese
Pronunciation
Letter
ر
The thirteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.
Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
Letter
ر • (rāʔ )
The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is رَاء ( rāʔ ) , and is preceded by ذ ( ḏāl ) and followed by ز ( zāy ) .
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
Letter
ر • (r )
The eighteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri .
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
See also
Previous letter: ذ
Next letter: ڑ ( ḍ )
Kazakh
Pronunciation
Letter
ر • (r )
The ninth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Р .
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
See also
Previous letter: د
Next letter: ز
(Arabic script letters ) ا , ب , پ , ت , ج , چ , ح , د , ر , ز , س , ش , ع , ف , ق , ك , گ , ڭ , ل , م , ن , ە , ھ , و , ۇ , ۋ , ۆ , ى , ي .
Khowar
Pronunciation
Letter
ر (re )
The eighteenth letter of the Khowar abjad.
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
See also
Previous letter: ذ
Next letter: ڑ
Malay
Pronunciation
( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) :
( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA (key ) :
( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA (key ) :
Letter
ر
The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet , written in the Arabic script .
See also
(Arabic script letters ) ا , ب , ت , ة , ث , ج , چ , ح , خ , د , ذ , ر , ز , س , ش , ص , ض , ط , ظ , ع , غ , ڠ , ف , ڤ , ق , ک , ݢ , ل , م , ن , و , ۏ , ه , ء , ي , ى , ڽ
Pashto
Pronunciation
Letter
ر • (re )
The sixteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet .
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
See also
Previous letter: ذ
Next letter: ړ
Persian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /ɾeː/ , /ɾe/
( phoneme, initial ) IPA (key ) : /r/
( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /ɾ/
( phoneme, before some consonants ) IPA (key ) : /ɹ/
Letter
ر • (re )
The twelfth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet . It is preceded by ذ and followed by ز . Its name is ره or رِ .
Etymology 2
Noun
ر • (re )
( music ) D , Re ( the second note of the fixed-Do solfège scale )
( music ) Re ( the second note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the supertonic )
Punjabi
Pronunciation
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /ɾeː/
( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /ɾ/ , /r/
Letter
ر • (re )
The fourteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
Isolated form
Final form
Medial form
Initial form
ر
ـر
ـرـ
رـ
See also
Previous letter: ذ ( ẕāl )
Next letter: ڑ ( ṛe )
Sindhi
Pronunciation
Letter
ر • (re )
The twenty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
See also
(Letters of the Sindhi alphabet ) ا , ب , ٻ , ڀ , ت , ٿ , ٽ , ٺ , ث , پ , ج , ڄ , جھ , ڃ , چ , ڇ , ح , خ , د , ڌ , ڏ , ڊ , ڍ , ذ , ر , ڙ , ڙھ , ز , س , ش , ص , ض , ط , ظ , ع , غ , ف , ڦ , ق , ڪ , ک , گ , ڳ , گھ , ڱ , ل , م , ن , ڻ , و , ھ , ء , ي
Previous letter: ذ
Next letter: ڙ
Urdu
Pronunciation
Letter
ر • (re )
The fourteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
See also
Previous letter: ذ ( z )
Next letter: ڑ ( ṛ )
Uyghur
Pronunciation
Letter
ر • (re )
The tenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
See also
Previous letter: د ( d )
Next letter: ز ( z )
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Letter
ر (r )
The nineteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script r .
Isolated form
Final form
ر
ـر
See also
Previous letter: پ
Next letter: س