روضة

See also: روضه

Arabic

Root
ر و ض (r-w-ḍ)

Noun

رَوْضَة • (rawḍa) f (plural رَوْضَات (rawḍāt) or رِيَاض (riyāḍ))

1. garden, meadow
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:15:

     فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَهُمْ فِي رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ

     faʔammā allaḏīna ʔāmanū waʕamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fahum fī rawḍatin yuḥbarūna

     And as for those who had believed and done righteous deeds, they will be in a garden [of Paradise], delighted.

2. kindergarten

Declension

Declension of noun رَوْضَة (rawḍa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَوْضَة rawḍa	الرَّوْضَة ar-rawḍa	رَوْضَة rawḍat
Nominative	رَوْضَةٌ rawḍatun	الرَّوْضَةُ ar-rawḍatu	رَوْضَةُ rawḍatu
Accusative	رَوْضَةً rawḍatan	الرَّوْضَةَ ar-rawḍata	رَوْضَةَ rawḍata
Genitive	رَوْضَةٍ rawḍatin	الرَّوْضَةِ ar-rawḍati	رَوْضَةِ rawḍati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَوْضَتَيْن rawḍatayn	الرَّوْضَتَيْن ar-rawḍatayn	رَوْضَتَيْ rawḍatay
Nominative	رَوْضَتَانِ rawḍatāni	الرَّوْضَتَانِ ar-rawḍatāni	رَوْضَتَا rawḍatā
Accusative	رَوْضَتَيْنِ rawḍatayni	الرَّوْضَتَيْنِ ar-rawḍatayni	رَوْضَتَيْ rawḍatay
Genitive	رَوْضَتَيْنِ rawḍatayni	الرَّوْضَتَيْنِ ar-rawḍatayni	رَوْضَتَيْ rawḍatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَوْضَات‎; رِيَاض rawḍāt‎; riyāḍ	الرَّوْضَات‎; الرِّيَاض ar-rawḍāt‎; ar-riyāḍ	رَوْضَات‎; رِيَاض rawḍāt‎; riyāḍ
Nominative	رَوْضَاتٌ‎; رِيَاضٌ rawḍātun‎; riyāḍun	الرَّوْضَاتُ‎; الرِّيَاضُ ar-rawḍātu‎; ar-riyāḍu	رَوْضَاتُ‎; رِيَاضُ rawḍātu‎; riyāḍu
Accusative	رَوْضَاتٍ‎; رِيَاضًا rawḍātin‎; riyāḍan	الرَّوْضَاتِ‎; الرِّيَاضَ ar-rawḍāti‎; ar-riyāḍa	رَوْضَاتِ‎; رِيَاضَ rawḍāti‎; riyāḍa
Genitive	رَوْضَاتٍ‎; رِيَاضٍ rawḍātin‎; riyāḍin	الرَّوْضَاتِ‎; الرِّيَاضِ ar-rawḍāti‎; ar-riyāḍi	رَوْضَاتِ‎; رِيَاضِ rawḍāti‎; riyāḍi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: روضة (rōḏ̣a, “kindergarten”)
• Moroccan Arabic: روضة (rūḍa, “graveyard”), روض (rūḍ, “kindergarten”)
• → Bengali: রওজা (rôuza, “mausoleum, garden”)
• → Persian: روضه (rowze, “eulogy of the Battle of Karbala”)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَوْضَة (rawḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈroːðˤə/
• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈroːðˤət/ (construct)

Noun

روضة • (rōḏ̣a) f (plural روضات (rōḏ̣āt), construct روضة (rōḏ̣at))

1. kindergarten

   فاطمة بالروضة صارت ولا للحينها بالحضانة؟

   Is Fatma in kindergarten now or is she still in the nursery?

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَوْضَة (rawḍa, “garden, meadow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːdˤa/, /rawdˤa/

Noun

رُوضة or رَوْضة • (rūḍa or rawḍa) f (plural رُوضات (rūḍāt) or رَوْضات (rawḍāt))

1. graveyard