ৰ

ৰ

ৰ U+09F0, ৰ BENGALI LETTER RA WITH MIDDLE DIAGONAL ← ৯ [U+09EF] Bengali ৱ → [U+09F1]

Translingual

Etymology

From Siddham 𑖨 (ra), with a stroke in the middle to differentiate from *ব (“ba/va”). Similar solution was applied to Devanagari ब (“ba”) but for "ba" sound.

Letter

ৰ

1. Letter of the Bengali script.

Usage notes

It mostly represents the sound corresponding to RA, but is used in Pali to represent the sound corresponding to VA.

It is no longer used in the Bengali language itself.

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Assamese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɔ/

Letter

ৰ • (r)

1. The 38th character in the Assamese alphabet.

See also

(Bengali script letters) অ,‎ আ,‎ ই,‎ ঈ,‎ উ,‎ ঊ,‎ ঋ,‎ এ,‎ ঐ,‎ ও,‎ ঔ,‎ অ’,‎ এ’,‎ ক,‎ খ,‎ গ,‎ ঘ,‎ ঙ,‎ চ,‎ ছ,‎ জ,‎ ঝ,‎ ঞ,‎ ট,‎ ঠ,‎ ড,‎ ঢ,‎ ণ,‎ প,‎ ফ,‎ ব,‎ ভ,‎ ম,‎ য,‎ ৰ,‎ ল,‎ ৱ,‎ শ,‎ ষ,‎ স,‎ হ,‎ ক্ষ,‎ ড়,‎ ঢ়,‎ য়,‎ ৎ,‎ ং,‎ ঃ,‎ ঁ ^{(Category: Assamese letters) [edit]}

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Bengali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɔ/

Letter

ৰ • (r)

1. (obsolete) Bengali letter ra. [until 19th c.]

   Synonym: র (rô)

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Maithili

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾ/

Letter

ৰ • (ra)

1. Maithili character ra.

Alternative forms

• 𑒩/ব

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)

Alternative forms

• iva (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• इव (Devanagari script)
• ইৰ (Bengali script)
• ඉව (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝ or ဢိဝ (Burmese script)
• อิว or อิวะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວ or ອິວະ (Lao script)
• ឥវ (Khmer script)

Etymology

From iva.

Particle

ৰ

1. Bengali script form of va (“like, as if”)