رواح

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See also: زواج

Arabic

Root
ر و ح (r w ḥ)
23 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ra.waːħ/
Rhymes: -aːħ

Noun

رَوَاح • (rawāḥ) m

verbal noun of رَاحَ (rāḥa) (form I)
evening, time between sunset and night
Synonym: عَشِيِّ (ʕašiyyi)

Coordinate terms: صَبَاح (ṣabāḥ), صُبْح (ṣubḥ)

يَا أَبَا ذَر: مَا مِن صَبَاحٍ وَلَا رَوَاحٍ إِلَّا وَبِقَاع الَارْضِ يُنَادِي بَعْضَهَا بَعْضَا
Oh Abu Dharr! No morning or evening pass without every corner on earth calling one another. (part of a Hadith)
evening journey
Coordinate term: غُدُوّ (ḡuduww)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 34:12:
  وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌۭ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌۭ ۖ
  And to Solomon ˹We subjected˺ the wind: its morning stride was a month’s journey and so was its evening stride.

Declension

Declension of noun رَوَاح (rawāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَوَاح rawāḥ	الرَّوَاح ar-rawāḥ	رَوَاح rawāḥ
Nominative	رَوَاحٌ rawāḥun	الرَّوَاحُ ar-rawāḥu	رَوَاحُ rawāḥu
Accusative	رَوَاحًا rawāḥan	الرَّوَاحَ ar-rawāḥa	رَوَاحَ rawāḥa
Genitive	رَوَاحٍ rawāḥin	الرَّوَاحِ ar-rawāḥi	رَوَاحِ rawāḥi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَوَاح (rawāḥ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	rawāh
Dari reading^?	rawāh
Iranian reading^?	ravâh
Tajik reading^?	ravoh

Noun

رواح • (ravâh)

(obsolete) evening
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 98”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
  لب چو آب حیات تو هست قوت جان
  وجود خاکی ما را از اوست ذکر رواح
  lab-i čū āb-i hayāt-i tu hast quwwat-i jān
  wujūd-i xākī-yi mā rā az ō-st zikr-i rawāh
  Your lips like the Water of Life are the strength of my soul;
  The evening mystical prayers of my earthly being are from them.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “رواح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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