روز

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See also: ژور, ژوژ, روژ, زور, رور, and زوز

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

Noun

رَوْز (rawz)

  1. rice

Descendants

  • Asturian: arroz
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Old Spanish: arroz

References

  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 222

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

Pronunciation

Noun

روز • (rūz) m (collective)

  1. rice

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (YWM /⁠rōz⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨 (r-u-c /⁠raučah-⁠/, “day”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwčah (compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah, “light, day”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas (compare Sanskrit रोचते (rocate, “to shine, to be bright”)), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”) (compare English light).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? rōz
Dari reading? rōz
Iranian reading? ruz
Tajik reading? rüz
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Noun

Dari روز
Iranian Persian
Tajik рӯз

روز • (ruz) (plural روزها (ruz-hâ) or روزان (ruzân))

  1. day
    ۳ روز است که پدرشان گم شده.
    Se ruz ast ke pedarešân gom šode. (more literary)
    ۳ روزه که پدرشون گم شده.
    Se ruz-e ke pedarešun gom šode. (more colloquial)
    Their father's been missing for three days.
    (Literally, “It is three days that their father has gone missing.”)
  2. daylight
  3. daytime

Derived terms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَوْز (rawz).

Noun

روز • (rōz) m (collective, singulative روزة f (rōze))

  1. Alternative form of رزّ (rozz)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روز (rōz).

Pronunciation

Noun

روز • (roz) m (Hindi spelling रोज़)

  1. daily, everyday
    Synonym: روزانہ (rozāna)
  2. day
    Synonyms: دن (din), یوم (yaum)
  3. period, age, time
    Synonym: زمانہ (zāmāna)

Adverb

روز • (roz)

  1. daily
  2. always

Further reading

  • “روز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • “روز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu روزہ (rōzah).

Noun

روز (rōz)

  1. fasting
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