Rah

Etymology
In the nautical sense (17th c.) from, , from ,.

The spellings in -h, -he may have been influenced by dialectal continuations of cognate, from ; though the insertion of -h- in hiatus or at the end of a vocalic stem is also a general practice in German orthography. Further cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  yard horizontal spar on the mast of a sailing ship