Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ráwčakah

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From *ráwčah +‎ *-kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas (“day”) and *-kas.

Noun

*ráwčakah n

fasting

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ráwčakah	*ráwčakā	*ráwčakā
vocative	*ráwčaka	*ráwčakā	*ráwčakā
accusative	*ráwčakam	*ráwčakā	*ráwčakānh
instrumental	*ráwčakā	*ráwčakaybyaH	*ráwčakāyš
ablative	*ráwčakāt	*ráwčakaybyaH	*ráwčakaybyah
dative	*ráwčakāy	*ráwčakaybyaH	*ráwčakaybyah
genitive	*ráwčakahya	*ráwčakayāh	*ráwčakānam
locative	*ráwčakay	*ráwčakayaw	*ráwčakayšu

Descendants

Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: روژه (rožá) (perhaps via Western Iranian)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: روچگ (rōčag)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: ڕۆژوو (rojû)
  
  Northern Kurdish: rojî, rocî
  
  Southern Kurdish: ڕووژێ (rûjê), ڕووژە (rûje)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian: *ráwǰakah
  - Old Median: *ráwǰakah
    - Old Azari: *روجه (*rōja), *روژه (*rôža)
      - Harzani: روژا (rūžā)
      - → Azerbaijani: oruc
      - → Ottoman Turkish: اروج (uruc)
        Turkish: oruç
  - Parthian: (/⁠rōžag⁠/) ^[1]
    Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫝𐫃 (rwcg)
  - Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
    - Gurani: ڕۆجێ (řōǰē)
    - Zazaki: roce
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/⁠rōzag⁠/, “fasting”) ^[2]
  Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫝𐫃 (rwcg)
  
  Book Pahlavi script: (lwck')
  - Lurish:
    Northern Luri: روزه (ruza)
  - Classical Persian: روزه (rōza)
    Dari: روزه (rōza)
    
    Iranian Persian: روزه (rūze)
    
    Tajik: рӯза (rüza)
  - → Crimean Tatar: oraza
  - → Kazakh: ораза (oraza)
  - → Kyrgyz: орозо (orozo)
  - → Tatar: uraza
  - → Uzbek: roʻza

References

^ Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “rwcg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 329
^ Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “rwcg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 329

[1] Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “rwcg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 329

[2] Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “rwcg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 329

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