Ra (majuscule: Ռ; minuscule: ռ;
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...
: Õ¼Õ¡) is the twenty-eighth letter of the
Armenian alphabet
The Armenian alphabet (, or , ) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic writing system developed for Armenian and occasionally used to write other languages. It is one of the three historical alphabets of the South Caucasu ...
. It represents the
voiced alveolar trill
The voiced alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar trills is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is r. I ...
(/r/) in
Eastern Armenian
Eastern Armenian () is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language.
Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Russia, as well as Georgia, and by the Armeni ...
and the
voiced alveolar tap
The voiced alveolar tap or flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents a dental, alveolar, or postalveolar tap or flap is .
The terms ''tap'' and ''flap'' ...
(/ɾ/)
Western Armenian
Western Armenian ( ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Arme ...
. Created by
Mesrop Mashtots
Mesrop Mashtots (; , ' 362February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenians, Armenian Linguistics, linguist, composer, Christian theology, theologian, Politician, statesman, and Hymnology, hymnologist. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic C ...
in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 1000.
Its shape is visually similar to the minuscule Latin letter N (
n). Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the majuscule form of the Greek letter Omega (
Ω).
Gallery
Ռ երկաթագիր (V-IX դդ.).svg, Rounded Erkat'agir
Ռ գրչագիր V X.svg, Angular Erkat'agir
Ռ բոլորգիր (V-XX դդ.).svg, Bolorgir
Ռ նոտրգիր.svg, Notrgir
Ռ շղագիր (XII-XX դդ.).svg, Shghagir
Armenian letter Ra.svg, Typographic form
Ռ handwritten.svg, Handwritten form
Computing codes
See also
*
Armenian alphabet
The Armenian alphabet (, or , ) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic writing system developed for Armenian and occasionally used to write other languages. It is one of the three historical alphabets of the South Caucasu ...
*
Mesrop Mashtots
Mesrop Mashtots (; , ' 362February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenians, Armenian Linguistics, linguist, composer, Christian theology, theologian, Politician, statesman, and Hymnology, hymnologist. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic C ...
*
R (Latin)
*
Ω (Greek)
References
External links
*
Ռ on Wiktionary
*
Õ¼ on Wiktionary
{{Armenian letters
Armenian letters
Armenian alphabet