# रा
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* rā (Latin script)
* 𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* রা (Bengali 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

रा
* Devanagari script form of rā, ablative singular of र (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰা (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
* রা (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ရာ (Burmese script)
* રા (Gujarati script)
* ਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ರಾ (Kannada script)
* រា (Khmer script)
* ຣາ (Lao script)
* രാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
* ରା (Odia script)
* ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
* රා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
* ரா (Tamil script)
* రా (Telugu script)
* รา (Thai script)
* རཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɾɑː/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *reh₁- (“to give”). Cognate with Latin rēs.

#### Alternative forms

* रास् (rās)

#### Root

रा • (rā)
* to give, grant, bestow

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* ररीते (rarīté, Present)
* राति (rāti, Present)
* रासते (rā́sate, Present)
* रास्यति (rāsyáti, Future)
* राता (rātā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अरास्त (árāsta, Aorist)
* ररौ (raráu, Perfect)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* रात (rātá, Past Participle)
* रातवे (rātave, Infinitive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* रयि (rayí)
* राति (rātí)
* रावन् (rā́van)
* रै (rái)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* संरा (saṃrā)

#### References

* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Monier Williams (1899) “रा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 871, column 2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 138
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “रा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “RĀ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 442-3
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 499
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “860”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 860

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to bark”).

#### Alternative forms

* रै (rai)

#### Root

रा • (rā)
* to bark

##### Derived terms

* रायति (rā́yati)

##### See also

* रास् (rās)

#### References

* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 138
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “RĀ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 443
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 400
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “650”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 650