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 (rūzm (collective)

      1. rice

      Descendants

      Persian

      Etymology

        Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (yʿm), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h), from Proto-Iranian *ráwčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas. Compare Indo-Iranian cognates Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah, light, day)) and Sanskrit रोचते (rocate, to shine, to be bright)).

        Pronunciation

        Readings
        Classical reading? rōz
        Dari reading? rōz
        Iranian reading? ruz
        Tajik reading? rüz
        • Audio (Dari):(file)
        • Audio (Iran):(file)

        Noun

        Dari روز
        Iranian Persian
        Tajik рӯз

        روز (rōzruz) (plural روزها or روزان)

        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), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

          Noun

          روز (rōzm (collective, singulative روزة f (rōze))

          1. Alternative form of رزّ (rozz)

          Urdu

          Etymology

            Borrowed from Classical Persian روز (rōz).

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            روز (rozm (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