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See also: ز, ژٕ, ژ, ڑ, ר, J, and Appendix:Variations of "r"

ر U+0631, ر
ARABIC LETTER REH
ذ
Arabic ز
U+FEAD, ﺭ
ARABIC LETTER REH ISOLATED FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B
U+FEAE, ﺮ
ARABIC LETTER REH FINAL FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

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)

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

Symbol

ر (rāʔ)

  1. 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

Etymology 2

Verb

رَ (ra) (form I) /ra/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of رَأَى (raʔā)

Balti

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (transliteration needed)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

Letter

ر

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

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

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).

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ر ـر

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (r)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ر ـر

See also

  • Previous letter: ذ
  • Next letter: ڑ ()

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ر
Cyrillic Р, р
Latin R, r
Yañalif R, r

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (r)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ر ـر

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (re)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ر ـر

See also

  • Previous letter: ذ
  • Next letter: ڑ

Malay

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Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key):
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key):
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key):

Letter

ر

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

See also

Pashto

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (re)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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/
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Letter

ر (re)

  1. 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)

  1. (music) D, Re (the second note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
  2. (music) Re (the second note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the supertonic)

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ر (re)

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

Forms

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)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ر ـر

See also

  • Previous letter: ذ
  • Next letter: ڙ

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (re)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ر ـر

See also

  • Previous letter: ذ (z)
  • Next letter: ڑ ()

Uyghur

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (re)

  1. The tenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ر ـر

See also

  • Previous letter: د (d)
  • Next letter: ز (z)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Letter

ر (r)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ر ـر

See also

  • Previous letter: پ
  • Next letter: س