را

• IPA^(key): /rɑ/

را • (râ)

1. toward me or us (pronominal prefix of the first person)

• رو‎ (ro) (colloquial)

• (literary Persian) IPA^(key): [rɒː]
• (colloquial, after a consonant) IPA^(key): [o]
• (colloquial, after a vowel) IPA^(key): [ro]

را • (râ)

1. indicates that the preceding noun phrase is a definite direct object

   ‏دیروز او را دیدم.‎‎

   Diruz u râ didam.

   I saw him yesterday.

   ‏باید تو را پیدا کنم.‎‎

   Bâyad to râ peydâ konam.

   I have to find you.

2. (often dated) to; indicates that the preceding noun phrase is an indirect object

   ‏خدا را شكر.‎‎

   Xodâ râ šokr.

   Thank God.

   (literally, “Thanks [be] to God.”)

3. (archaic) for the sake of

• را‎ (râ) follows the direct object only if the referent has already been identified or is immediately identifiable. In English, this will usually correspond to a personal pronoun, a proper noun, or a common noun preceded by the definite article (the), a demonstrative determiner, or a possessive determiner.

• (to): به‎ (be)