रा

रा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• ৰা (Assamese script)
• রা (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• રા (Gujarati script)
• ਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• រា (Khmer script)
• ರಾ (Kannada script)
• ຣາ (Lao script)
• രാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ရာ (Burmese script)
• 𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ରା (Oriya script)
• ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• රා (Sinhalese script)
• రా (Telugu script)
• รา (Thai script)
• རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cry, bellow”). Cognate with English roar.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː/

Root

रा • (rā)

1. to bark

Derived terms

• रायति (rā́yati)

 

See also

• रास् (rās)

References

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “रा”, 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 138
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “रा”, 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

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0859