ر

re, र ra (called, in Urdū, rā`e mǒhmala, and rā`e manqūt̤a), is the fourteenth letter of the Hindūstānīalphabet, and the twenty-seventh consonant of the Nāgarī(being the second of the semi-vowels). Its sound is that of r as pronounced by the Scotch and Irish; that is, it is much more marked than the English r.. It is interchangeable with ṛand l, as will be seen from numerous examples in the preceding and following pages. In reckoning according to the abjad, it stands for 200. In almanacs, it is the astronomical character for the moon; and in dates, it denotes the Arabic month rabī`u`lawwal:—ra-kār, s.m. The letter or sound ra.