Ra | |
Letter: | Ռ ռ |
Script: | Armenian script |
Type: | Alphabet |
Typedesc: | ic |
Language: | Armenian language |
Phonemes: | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ |
Unicode: | U+054C, U+057C |
Alphanumber: | 28 |
Number: | 1000 |
Usageperiod: | 405 to present |
Direction: | Left-to-Right |
Fam3: | Ρ ρ |
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/) Western Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 1000.[1] 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).