A word starts with ڕ, not ر.

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At the start of a word this sound is always the trill, which is written ڕ.

Examples

Wrong	Right
رۆژ	ڕۆژ
ئەو رۆژە	ئەو ڕۆژە

Lessons

• Lesson 4: Consonants and pronunciation
• Lesson 2: The alphabet

Related rules

• This letter is Arabic or Persian. Use the Kurdish letter.
• This letter is not used in Kurdish spelling.
• Sorani writes this with its own punctuation or digits.
• This letter is doubled.
• A word cannot start with a bare vowel: write ئ first.
• The vowel ە is written here as ه.