روزکی

Persian

Etymology

روز (ruz, “day”) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix) +‎ ـی (-i, indefinite enclitic): "one little day".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾoː.ˈza.keː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.zǽ.kʰeː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.zǽ.kʰeː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [roː.zǽ.kʰeː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊː.zǽ.kʰeː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuː.zǽ.kʰʲiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵ.zǽ.kʰe]

Readings
Classical reading?	rōzakē
Dari reading?	rōzakē
Iranian reading?	ruzaki
Tajik reading?	rüzake

Noun

روزکی • (ruzaki)

1. a short while; often as روزکی چند (ruzaki chand, “a few short days”)
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 253:

     روزکی چندی سخن کوتاه کرد
     مرد بقال از ندامت آه کرد

     rōzakē čandē suxan kōtāh⁠ kard
     mard-i baqqāl az nadāmat āh kard

     For some few days it refrained from speech; the greengrocer, in repentance, heaved deep sighs.