روزی

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See also: زوري

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian lwcyk' (rōzīg, “daily bread, sustenance”), from 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz , “day”). Compare Old Armenian ռոճիկ (ṙočik), Old Georgian როჭი (roč̣i), როჭიკი (roč̣iḳi), Classical Syriac ܪܘܙܝܩܐ (rōzīqā), ܪܙܩܐ (rezqā), Arabic رِزْق (rizq), all Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	rōzī
Dari reading^?	rōzī
Iranian reading^?	ruzi
Tajik reading^?	rüzi

Noun


Iranian Persian	روزی
Dari	روزی
Tajik	рӯзӣ

روزی • (ruzi)

sustenance, daily bread

Related terms

روز (ruz)

Descendants

→ Bengali: রুজি (ruji)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: रोज़ी (rozī)

Urdu: روزی (rozī)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਜ਼ੀ (rozī)

Shahmukhi script: روزی (rozī)

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian (rōz, “day”) + (-ē, “indefinite suffix”).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	rōzē
Dari reading^?	rōzē
Iranian reading^?	ruzi
Tajik reading^?	rüze

Adverb

روزی • (rōzē or ruzi)

someday

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ռոճիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 145–146
Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 129, pages 139–140
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 234
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 72

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