रोक

Hindi

Etymology

Deverbal form of रोकना (roknā, “to stop”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾoːk/

Noun

रोक • (rok) f (Urdu spelling روک)

1. stop; stopping, halt
2. barrier, obstacle
3. ban, prohibition

   Synonyms: निषेध (niṣedh), मनाही (manāhī)

   सरकार ने सिगरेट की बिकरी पर रोक लगाने का सोचा है।

   sarkār ne sigreṭ kī bikrī par rok lagāne kā socā hai.

   The government has considered putting a ban on cigarette-selling.

Declension

Declension of रोक (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रोक rok	रोकें rokẽ
oblique	रोक rok	रोकों rokõ
vocative	रोक rok	रोको roko

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৰোক (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
• রোক (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ရောက (Burmese script)
• રોક (Gujarati script)
• ਰੋਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂷𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ರೋಕ (Kannada script)
• រោក (Khmer script)
• ໂຣກ (Lao script)
• രോക (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘻𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧜𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑀𑐎 (Newa script)
• ରୋକ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
• රොක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩕𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚴𑚊 (Takri script)
• ரோக (Tamil script)
• రోక (Telugu script)
• โรก (Thai script)
• རོ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨆𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *rawkás, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-ó-s, from *lewk- (“to shine, bright”). Cognate with Latin lūx, Russian луч (luč, “light”), Persian روز (ruz), Old English lēoht (whence English light).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐw.kɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoː.kɐ/

Noun

रोक • (roká) stem, m

1. light, lustre, brightness
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.06.07:

     दिवश्चिदा ते रुचयन्त रोका उषो विभातीरनु भासि पूर्वीः।

     divaścidā te rucayanta rokā uṣo vibhātīranu bhāsi pūrvīḥ.

     F the sky thy brilliant lights shone hither: thou hast beamed through many a radiant morning

2. buying with ready money
3. boat, ship
4. hole
5. moving, shaking

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रोक (roká)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रोकः rokáḥ	रोकौ / रोका¹ rokaú / rokā́¹	रोकाः / रोकासः¹ rokā́ḥ / rokā́saḥ¹
Vocative	रोक róka	रोकौ / रोका¹ rókau / rókā¹	रोकाः / रोकासः¹ rókāḥ / rókāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रोकम् rokám	रोकौ / रोका¹ rokaú / rokā́¹	रोकान् rokā́n
Instrumental	रोकेण rokéṇa	रोकाभ्याम् rokā́bhyām	रोकैः / रोकेभिः¹ rokaíḥ / rokébhiḥ¹
Dative	रोकाय rokā́ya	रोकाभ्याम् rokā́bhyām	रोकेभ्यः rokébhyaḥ
Ablative	रोकात् rokā́t	रोकाभ्याम् rokā́bhyām	रोकेभ्यः rokébhyaḥ
Genitive	रोकस्य rokásya	रोकयोः rokáyoḥ	रोकाणाम् rokā́ṇām
Locative	रोके roké	रोकयोः rokáyoḥ	रोकेषु rokéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Shina

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रोग (róga).

Noun

रोक (rōk) (Perso-Arabic روک)

1. (Drasi) disease

See also

• (Gilgiti) رگوٹو (rogōtŭ, “illness”)