# ر

| ر | U+0631, &#1585; ARABIC LETTER REH |
| ← ذ [U+0630] | Arabic | ز → [U+0632] |
| ﺭ | U+FEAD, &#65197; ARABIC LETTER REH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺬ [U+FEAC] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺮ → [U+FEAE] |
| ﺮ | U+FEAE, &#65198; ARABIC LETTER REH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺭ [U+FEAD] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺯ → [U+FEAF] |

## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /raːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/

### Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢛 (l, “resh”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (l, “resh”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶. See also Classical Syriac ܪ (l, “resh”), Hebrew ר (l, “resh”), Ancient Greek Ρ (R), Latin R.

#### Letter

ر • (rāʔ)
* The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is رَاء (rāʔ) and is preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ز (z).

#### Symbol

ر • (rāʔ)
* The twentieth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ق (q) and followed by ش (š).

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with ر

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

رَ • (ra) (form I) /ra/
* second-person masculine singular imperative of رَأَى (raʔā)

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾ/, [ɾ]

### Letter

ر (transliteration needed)
* The ninteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /r/, [r]

### Letter

ر (transliteration needed)
* The ninteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɻ/, [ɻ]

### Letter

ر
* The thirteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /raːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/
* (allophones): IPA: [r], [ɾ]

### Letter

ر • (rāʔ)
* The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is رَاء (rāʔ), and is preceded by ذ (ḏāl) and followed by ز (zāy).

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /reː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/

### Letter

ر • (r)
* The eighteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ذ
* Next letter: ڑ (ḍ)

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | ر |
| Cyrillic | Р, р |
| Latin | R, r |
| Yañalif | R, r |

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ra/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/

### Letter

ر • (r)
* The ninth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Р.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Previous letter: د
* Next letter: ز
* Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /re/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/

### Letter

ر (re)
* The eighteenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ذ
* Next letter: ڑ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [rɔ]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [r]
* (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [(r)]

### Letter

ر
* The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

#### See also

* Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /re/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/

### Letter

ر • (re)
* The sixteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ذ
* Next letter: ړ

## Persian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ɾeː/, /ɾe/
* (phoneme, initial) IPA: /r/
* (phoneme) IPA: /ɾ/
* (phoneme, before some consonants) IPA: /ɹ/
* Audio (Iran):(file)

#### Letter

ر • (re)
* The twelfth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ذ and followed by ز. Its name is ره or رِ.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ر • (re)
* (music) D, Re (the second note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
* (music) Re (the second note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the supertonic)

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਰ (rārā)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɾeː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɾ/, /r/

### Letter

ر • (re)
* The fourteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ر | ـر | ـرـ | رـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ذ (ẕāl)
* Next letter: ڑ (ṛe)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /re/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/

### Letter

ر • (re)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي
* Previous letter: ذ
* Next letter: ڙ

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɾeː/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɾ/

### Letter

ر • (re)
* The fourteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ذ (z)
* Next letter: ڑ (ṛ)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /re/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/

### Letter

ر • (re)
* The tenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Previous letter: د (d)
* Next letter: ز (z)

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /rí/
* (phoneme): IPA: /r/

### Letter

ر (r)
* The nineteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script r.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ر | ـر |

#### See also

* Previous letter: پ
* Next letter: س