রা

Bengali

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रव (rava).

Alternative forms

Noun

রা • (ra)

  1. sound
  2. word, utterance

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Suffix

রা • (ra)

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

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from English Ra,

which is a transcription of Egyptian

(rꜥ, “The sun; Ra”)

Proper noun

রা • (ra)

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Ra

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • rā (Latin script)
  • 𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • रा (Devanagari script)
  • රා (Sinhalese script)
  • ရာ or ရႃ (Burmese script)
  • รา (Thai script)
  • ᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຣາ (Lao script)
  • រា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

রা

  1. Bengali script form of rā, ablative singular of র (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)
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