rʾš

rʾš
Common Semitic noun *raʾš-, 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 rōʾš haš-šānâ, beginning of the year, from rōʾš, head, top, beginning.
4. Rastafarianism, from Amharic ras, head, chief, prince.

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Universalium. 2010.

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