Ra (Armenian)
Letter in the Armenian alphabet
Ra (majuscule: Ռ; minuscule: ռ; Armenian: ռա) is the twenty-eighth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced alveolar trill (/r/) in Eastern Armenian and the voiced alveolar tap (/ɾ/) in Western Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots 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).
01Computing codes
| Preview | Ռ | ռ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER RA | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER RA | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1356 | U+054C | 1404 | U+057C |
| UTF-8 | 213 140 | D5 8C | 213 188 | D5 BC |
| Numeric character reference | Ռ | Ռ | ռ | ռ |
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Ռ handwritten.svg by そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ռ Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան (Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia).jpg by Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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