The standalone form
رA descending curve, no dotMeet the letter
Raa رَاء
Raa has no dot. It joins to a letter on its right, but not to the next letter on its left. Its two written shapes are ر and ـر. Make a light tongue-tip r sound.
In the Arabic word رِيشَة (“feather”), the first letter is raa. The yaa after it stays separate.
One letter. Two shapes.
The standalone form is above. Compare the joined form inside a word and at its end.
Inside a word
Joins from the right onlyRaa joins to kaaf on its right. It does not join to seen on its left.
End of a word
Joins from the right onlyRaa joins to meem on its right at the end of qamar.
The name stays raa in every shape. A connected form does not add a new sound. Gold highlights this letter in each example.
1Three short vowelsA little mark changes the sound.
The letter’s name is raa. Follow the Arabic tiles from right to left.
2Stretch the vowelRaa with alif, yaa and waaw.
Keep the same consonant and stretch the vowel. These are sound practice units.
3Raa without a vowelSukūn · no following vowel.
The circle above رْ means there is no vowel on this consonant. Here is a complete noun, read when stopping.
Listen to the whole word.
End on raa without adding a vowel. Avoid turning it into an extra syllable or a long repeated roll.
4Two letters, one written shapeShaddah · three vowel sounds.
A shaddah joins two of the same consonant. The first has sukūn; the second has the vowel. Read each Arabic sequence from right to left.
Fatḥah · a
Kasrah · i
Ḍammah · u
5One word, three tanwīn endingsSee the ending in a real word.
Compare three full endings on the same noun. The doubled vowel mark adds an n sound when the ending is pronounced in full.
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