rʔš / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root rʔš: ras el hanout, Rastafarianism, resh, rho, Rosh Hashanah.

rʔš

Common Semitic noun *raʔš-, head, top.

1. resh, from Hebrew rêš, resh, from Aramaic rēš or dialectal Phoenician *rēš, head, twentieth letter of the alphabet.

2. rho, from Greek rho, from Phoenician *rōš, head, twentieth letter of the Phoenician alphabet.

3. Rosh Hashanah, from Hebrew rōʔšhaš-šānâ, beginning of the year, from rōʔš, head, top, beginning.

4. ras el hanout, from Arabic raʔs, head, top.

5. Rastafarianism, from Amharic ras, head, chief, prince.

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