Assamese rô



In the Assamese alphabet, rô (ৰ ) is the twenty-seventh consonant, or in other terms, twenty-seventh letter of the byônzônbôrnômala (ব্যঞ্জনবৰ্ণমালা).

When vowels are added
Rô has an inherent vowel in it, which is ô, as in most other Assamese consonants. But, many a times, ô is to be replaced by another vowel or swôrôbôrnô. In such a case, the vowels change their forms.

As examples:
 * ৰ + আ = ৰা
 * ৰ + ই = ৰি
 * ৰ + ঈ = ৰী
 * ৰ + উ = ৰু
 * ৰ + ঊ = ৰূ
 * ৰ + ঋ = ৰৃ
 * ৰ + এ = ৰে
 * ৰ + ঐ = ৰৈ
 * ৰ + ও = ৰো
 * ৰ + ঔ = ৰৌ

Words starting with ৰ
Given below are examples of words starting with ৰ.
 * ৰং which means color
 * ৰঙা which means red
 * ৰজা which means king

Reph (ৰেফ)
When ৰ is added before another consonant to form a conjunct, ৰ turns into reph. In other words, reph indicates that there is a r sound before the letter it is used before.

For example:
 * ৰ + ক = ৰ্ক
 * ৰ + খ = ৰ্খ
 * ৰ + ঘ = ৰ্ঘ
 * ৰ + ছ = ৰ্ছ
 * ৰ + জ = ৰ্জ
 * ৰ + প = ৰ্প
 * ৰ + ম = ৰ্ম
 * ৰ + য = ৰ্য etc.

Examples of words are আৰ্জন (arzon, which means 'gain'), কৰ্তা (korta, which means 'doer') etc.

Rô-kar (ৰ-কাৰ)
When ৰ is added after another consonant, ৰ changes into rô-kar. In other words, rô-kar after a consonant means that there is a rô sound after it.

For example:
 * ব + ৰ = ব্ৰ
 * প + ৰ = প্ৰ
 * স + ৰ = স্ৰ
 * ল + ৰ = ল্ৰ
 * শ + ৰ = শ্ৰ etc.

Some consonants change their shape when rô-kar is added.

For example:
 * ক + ৰ = ক্ৰ
 * ভ + ৰ = ভ্ৰ
 * ত + ৰ = ত্ৰ