र

• IPA^(key): /rə/, /ɾə/ (may vary by language)

र (ra)

1. traditionally considered the second semivowel of the Devanagari script, but representing a consonant /r/

• Linguistically it is considered an alveolar trill.

Ligatures:

• श्र (śra): श + र
• श्री (śrī): श + र
• स्त्र (stra): स + त + र

• IPA^(key): [ɾə]

र • (ra)

1. The fourth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

• IPA^(key): /ɹə/

र (r)

1. Used to represent the [ɹ] sound in Magar. [1]

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾə/, [ɾɐ]

र • (ra)

1. the twenty-seventh consonant in Hindi

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ ^[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ɾə/

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र • (ra)

1. The twenty-sixth consonant in Marathi.

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀯𑀭 (avara) (via a truncated form *ra), from Sanskrit अपर (ápara, “other, different”).

• IPA^(key): [rʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: र

र • (ra)

1. The twenty-seventh consonant in Nepali.

र • (ra)

1. and

र m

1. the Pali letter 'r'
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2] (overall work in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, स, ह, ळ, ं। इति व्यञ्जन नाम होन्ति।

     Ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la, va, sa, ha, ḷa, aṃ, iti vyañjanā nāma honti.

     'k', 'kh', 'g', 'gh', 'ṅ', 'c', 'ch', 'j', 'jh', 'ñ, 'ṭ', 'ṭh', 'ḍ', 'ḍh', 'ṇ', 't', 'th', 'd', 'dh', 'n', 'p', 'ph', 'b', 'bh', 'm', 'y', 'r', 'l', 'v', 's', 'h', 'ḷ' and 'ṃ', these are the consonants by name.

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[3] (overall work in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     लो रस्स यथा-महासालो।

     Lo rassa yathā mahāsālo.

     'L' from 'r' as in 'mahāsālo'.