resh
/ɹɛʃ/
resh noun: the twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). It is homologous with Greek rho and Latin r.
Noun
resh (plural reshes)
- The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). It is homologous with Greek rho and Latin r.
Proper noun capitalized: Resh
Resh (plural Reshes)
- A surname.
resh meaning in Bengali
resh in Bengali
- আরামীয়, হিব্রু, সিরীয়
Forms of resh
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | reshes |
| alternative form | reh |
| alternative form | reysh |
| alternative form | reish |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Reshes |
Origin of resh
From Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). Doublet of ras (“Ethiopian king”) and ras (“headland”), and related to reis.
Words formed from resh
Phrases with resh
Words that rhyme with resh
21 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about resh
- What does resh mean?
- Resh means the twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). It is homologous with Greek rho and Latin r.
- What is resh in Bengali?
- Resh in Bengali is আরামীয়, হিব্রু, সিরীয়. See Resh meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is resh?
- Resh can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce resh?
- Resh is pronounced /ɹɛʃ/.
- What is the plural of resh?
- The plural of resh is reshes.
Words near resh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: resh (page history and authors); Resh (page history and authors); resh (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-resh.wav.
Cite this entry: “resh.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/resh. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.