রা

রা

Bengali

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रव (rava).

Alternative forms

• রাঅ (raô), রাও (rao) – Standard
• আই (ai), আও (ao), রাই (rai) – Vaṅga and Varendra

Noun

রা • (ra)

1. sound
2. word, utterance

Etymology 2

Derived from the genitive ending -এর (-er).[1]

Alternative forms

• -রা (-ra)
• -এরা (-era)

Suffix

রা • (ra)

1. the; the plural definite article for animate nouns ending in vowels

See also

• -টা (-ṭa) -টি (-ṭi)
• -গুলা (-gula), -গুলো (-gulo)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “রা ১” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “রা ১, রাঅ, রাও (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

1. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, pages 734-736