ر

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

ر U+0631, ر ARABIC LETTER REH ← ذ [U+0630] Arabic ز → [U+0632]

ﺭ U+FEAD, ﺭ ARABIC LETTER REH ISOLATED FORM ← ﺬ [U+FEAC] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺮ → [U+FEAE]

ﺮ U+FEAE, ﺮ ARABIC LETTER REH FINAL FORM ← ﺭ [U+FEAD] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺯ → [U+FEAF]

Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /raːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

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 (ḏ) 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

• (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/

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

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾ/, [ɾ]

Letter

ر (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r/, [r]

Letter

ر (transliteration needed)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɻ/, [ɻ]

Letter

ر

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

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /raːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/
• (allophones): IPA^(key): [r], [ɾ]

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

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 (ʕēn), غ (ḡēn), ف (fāʔ), ق (gāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), هـ (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /reː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

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 (ḍ)

Kazakh

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ra/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

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

• 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 name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

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

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [rɔ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [r]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [(r)]

Letter

ر

1. 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 ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

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

• Gurmukhi letter: ਰ (rārā)

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 name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

ر • (re)

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

Forms

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 name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾeː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾ/

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 (ṛ)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /re/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

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 name): IPA^(key): /rí/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /r/

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