روس

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See also: روش and زوش

Arabic

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs), English Rus, German Russe or Russian Русь (Rusʹ).

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Noun

رُوس (rūsm pl or f (collective, singulative رُوسِيّ f (rūsiyy), paucal رُوس (rūs))

  1. Russians (plural)
  2. (historical) Rus (feminine singular)
    رُوس الْكِيِيفِيَّةrūs al-kiyīfiyyaKievan Rus
Declension

Adjective

رُوس (rūsm pl

  1. masculine plural of رُوسِيّ (rūsiyy)

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

رَوَّسَ (rawwasa) II (non-past يُرَوِّسُ (yurawwisu), verbal noun تَرْوِيس (tarwīs))

  1. to Russify, to make Russian
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “روس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُوس (rūs, Russians, Rus), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? rūs
Dari reading? rūs
Iranian reading? rus
Tajik reading? rus
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari روس
Iranian Persian
Tajik рус

روس (rus) (plural روس‌ها (rus-hâ))

  1. Russian
    Synonym: روسی (rusi)

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روس (rūs), from Arabic رُوس (rūs), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

رُوس (rūsm (Hindi spelling रूस)

  1. Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

Derived terms