As a Hindi name
रेफ · noun · masculine
रकार का वह रूप जो अन्य अक्षर के पहले जाने पर उसके मस्तक पर रहता है । जैसे, सर्प, दर्प, हर्ष, आदि में · रकार र अक्षर · राग — Śabdasāgara
रेफ · noun · masculine
कलंक । दोष । ऐब । रेप — Śabdasāgara
रेफ · reph · s.m.
The letter र r; the mark (?) which represents the letter r when it is placed over a following consonant — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 610
रेफ · masculine
a burring guttural sound, the letter ra (as so pronounced); a word; a cretic
रेफ
low, vile, blamed
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रेफ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रेफ (repha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
repha m. a burring guttural sound, the letter r (as so pronounced), Prāt.; ŚrS.
a word, BhP.
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit रेफस् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit रेफस् (rephas).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rephas mfn. (only L.) low, vile
wicked
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a burring guttural sound, the letter r (as so pronounced)
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Dictionary citations
repha m. a burring guttural sound, the letter r (as so pronounced), Prāt.; ŚrS.
a word, BhP.
(in prosody) a cretic (¯ ˘ ¯), Piṅg.
passion, affection of the mind, L.
repha mfn. low, vile, contemptible, L. (cf. repa).
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