រា

See also: វា and រ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រា rā WT romanisation riə (standard) IPA(key) /riə/

Verb

រា • (riə) (abstract noun ការរា)

1. to hesitate, be afraid (to do something)
2. to forbid
3. to stop, detain
4. to hinder, obstruct, hold back
5. to go backward, cause to go backward, draw back
6. to turn away
7. to resist, repulse
8. to object, argue

Noun

រា • (riə)

1. horizontal wooden bar at the top of a loom frame

Alternative forms

• នា (niə)

Affixed forms

• ពង្រា (pŭəngriə)​

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rā (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• रा (Devanagari script)
• রা (Bengali script)
• රා (Sinhalese script)
• ရာ or ရႃ (Burmese script)
• รา (Thai script)
• ᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣາ (Lao script)
• 𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

រា

1. Khmer script form of rā, ablative singular of រ (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)