"resh" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɛʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-resh.wav [Southern-England] Forms: reshes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃ Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). Doublet of ras (“Ethiopian king”) and ras (“headland”), and related to reis. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|sem-pro|*raʾš-||head}} Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”), {{doublet|en|ras|ras|t1=Ethiopian king|t2=headland}} Doublet of ras (“Ethiopian king”) and ras (“headland”), {{m|en|reis}} reis Head templates: {{en-noun}} resh (plural reshes)
  1. The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). It is homologous with Greek rho and Latin r. Categories (topical): Hebrew letter names Synonyms: reh, reysh, reish Translations (Semitic letter): reix [feminine] (Catalan), reš (Finnish), rèch [masculine] (French), resh [masculine] (French), רֵישׁ (resh) [feminine] (Hebrew), ר [symbol] (Hebrew), ריש (reysh) [feminine, masculine] (Yiddish)

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