Retroflex RAY

ر ڑ زژ

Urdu Letter	Letter Name	Hindi Equivalent	Teacher
ڑ	Retroflex RAY	ड़	Teacher Icon

Sounds

Retroflex RAY is flapped once quickly, but backwards with your tongue curled back in your mouth and then flapped forward toward your teeth. At first it may feel like you are pronouncing “R” and “L” at the same time.

Forms

	Final	Medial	Initial	Detached
Basic Forms	کڑ	Use Final	Use Detached	ڑ
In Context	کڑا	Use Final	Use Detached	چوڑی
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Connections

Retroflex Flap RAY is a breaker: no letter can be connected after it. Thus Retroflex Flap RAY has only two forms: a detached and a final form:

Retroflex RAY never appears at the beginning of a word.
When Retroflex RAY appears after another breaker, it will be in its detached form.	دوڑ	dauR
When Retroflex Flap RAY appears after a non-breaker, it will be in its final form.	لڑکی	laRkee

Note that final Retroflex DĀL looks a lot like detached Retroflex RAY, but you won’t confuse the two because final Retro DĀL is always connected to the preceding letter and detached Retro RAY is never connected to the preceding letter.

Aspirations

Retroflex RAY can be aspirated by the addition of the letter DO CHASHMI HAY (ھ).
In this combination, the Retroflex DĀL sound includes a distinct puff of air. Put your palm in front of your mouth when you pronounce Aspirated CHAY: you should feel a puff of air:

ڑھ

ढ़

Examples

پڑھنا		paRhnā	पढ़ना
ڈ یڑھ		DeRh	डेढ़
ساڑھے		sāRhay	साढ़े

Additional Examples of ڑ

Final	Medial	Initial	Detached
لڑکا			ساڑی
لڑکی			چوڑیاں
بڑا			گھوڑا
کپڑے			جاڑا