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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رُوحَانِيّ (rūḥāniyy).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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rūhānī
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Dari reading?
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rūhānī
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Iranian reading?
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ruhâni
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Tajik reading?
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rühoni
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Noun
روحانی • (rowhâni) (plural روحانیون (rowhâniyyun) or روحانیها (rowhâni-hâ) or روحانیان (rowhâniân))
- clergyman
Adjective
روحانی • (rowhâni)
- good, agreeable
- clean, pure
- spiritual
- holy
Proper noun
روحانی • (rowhâni)
- a surname, Rohani, Rouhani, Rowhani, or Rawhani.
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian روحانی (rūhānī), from Arabic رُوحَانِيّ (rūḥāniyy).
Pronunciation
Adjective
رُوحانی • (rūhānī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling रूहानी)
- spiritual (as opposed to physical)
- Antonym: جِسْمانی (jismānī)
- holy; pure
- wholehearted
Further reading
- “روحانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “روحانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روحانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “روحانی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.