روزہ

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See also: روزه

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). Compare Old Hindi रोजा (rojā).

Noun

روزَہ (rozahm (Gurmukhi ਰੋਜਾ)

  1. (Islam) the Muslim fast of Ramadan

Descendants

  • Punjabi: rozā
    Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਜ਼ਾ
    Shahmukhi script: روزہ

Further reading

  • Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਰੋਜਾ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 256
  • ਰੋਜਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024

Pahari-Potwari

Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). First attested as Old Punjabi روزَہ (rozah).

Noun

روزہ (rozah)

  1. fast (abstinence from food)

Punjabi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). First attested as Old Punjabi روزَہ (rozah).

Noun

روزہ (rozām (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੋਜ਼ਾ)

  1. fast (abstinence from food)
    Synonyms: فاقہ (fākā), ورت (varat)
  2. (Islam) the fast during the month of Ramadan

Urdu

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

First attested in c. 1657 as Middle Hindi روزہ (roza),[1] borrowed from Classical Persian روزَه (rōza).

Noun

روزَہ (rozam (Hindi spelling रोज़ा)

  1. fast (abstention from food)
  2. (Islam) sawm (abstaining from food, drink and sex)
  3. (by extension):
    1. the month of Ramadan
    2. a day in the month of Ramadan
  4. (rare) starvation
Declension
    Declension of روزہ
singular plural
direct روزَہ (rozah) روزے (roze)
oblique روزے (roze) روزوں (rozõ)
vocative روزے (roze) روزو (rozo)

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, روز (roz, day) +‎ ہ (h).

Adjective

روزَہ (roza) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling रोज़ा) (literary, formal)

  1. daily

References

  1. ^ روزہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading