রা

Bengali

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रव (rava).

Alternative forms

রাঅ (rao), রাও (raō) — Standard
আই (ai), আও (aō), রাই (rai) — Vaṅga and Varendra

Noun

রা • (ra)

sound
word, utterance

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

-রা (-ra)
-এরা (-era)

Suffix

রা • (ra)

the; the plural definite article for animate nouns ending in vowels

See also

-টা (-ṭa) -টি (-ṭi)
-গুলা (-gula), -গুলো (-gulō)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “রা ১” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “রা ১, রাঅ, রাও (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

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

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

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