रु

Translingual

Ligature

रु (ru)

1. Irregular ligature of र and ु

Chepang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl.

Noun

रु (ru)

1. snake

References

• Chepang Dictionary by R.C. Caughley, sil.org

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾu]

Ligature

रु • (ru)

1. An irregular ligature of र (ra) and ु (u)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰু (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• রু (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ရု (Burmese script)
• રુ (Gujarati script)
• ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ರು (Kannada script)
• រុ (Khmer script)
• ຣຸ (Lao script)
• രു (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• ରୁ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
• රු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• ரு (Tamil script)
• రు (Telugu script)
• รุ (Thai script)
• རུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, roar”). Cognate with Latin rūmor (“noise”), raucus.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾu/

Root

रु • (ru)

1. to roar, bellow, yelp, cry aloud
2. to make any noise or sound
3. to praise

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रु (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रु (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• रुवति (ruváti, Present)
• रौति (rauti, Present)
• रवति (ravati, Present)
• अरावीत् (árāvīt, Aorist)
• रुराव (rurāva, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• रावयति (rāvayati, Causative)
• अरूरुवत् (arūruvat, Causative Aorist)
• रोरवीति (róravīti, Intensive)
• रोरूयते (rorūyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• रुत (rutá, Past Participle)
• रोतुम् (rotum, Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• रव (ráva)
• रवण (ravaṇa)
• रवथ (ravátha)
• रवितृ (ravitṛ)
• राव (rāva)
• राविन् (rāvin)
• रुवथ (ruvátha)

See also

• रा (rā)
• रास् (rās)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0881.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 141
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “रु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0867”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0867