रु

Translingual

Ligature

रु (ru)

1. Irregular ligature of र and ु

Chepang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl.

Noun

रु (ru)

1. snake

References

• Chepang Dictionary by R.C. Caughley, sil.org

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾu]

Ligature

रु • (ru)

1. An irregular ligature of र (ra) and ु (u)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰু (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• রু (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ရု (Burmese script)
• રુ (Gujarati script)
• ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ರು (Kannada script)
• រុ (Khmer script)
• ຣຸ (Lao script)
• രു (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• ରୁ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑗜 (Siddham script)
• රු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• ரு (Tamil script)
• రు (Telugu script)
• รุ (Thai script)
• རུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to tear out, dig out”). Cognate with Latin rūmor (“noise”), raucus.

Within the context of sound (speaking and listening) it gathers the connotation of "to shout, roar" and hence the meanings in Sanskrit and Latin, while some other languages take the physical connotation instead.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɾu/

Root

रु • (ru)

1. to roar, bellow, yelp, cry aloud
2. to make any noise or sound
3. to praise

See also

• रा (rā)
• रास् (rās)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0881.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 141
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “रु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0867, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0867