ریپھ

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾeːpʰ/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रेफ (repha).

Noun

ریپھ • (reph) m (Hindi spelling रेफ)

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit रेफस् (rephas).

Adjective

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

1. low, vile, blamed

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “reph”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.