امروز

Persian

Alternative forms

• امرو (emru) (colloquial, Tehrani)

Etymology

From امـ (im- / em-, “to-; this”) +‎ روز (rōz / ruz, “day”), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭣𐭭𐭤 (im, “this”) + 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz, “day”). Compare Mazanderani ام رو (am ro, “today”), Central Kurdish ئەمڕۆ (emrro, “today”), Northern Kurdish îro (“today”), Northern Luri امڕوو (emrru), Pashto نن ورځ (nan wraź, “today”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔim.ˈroːz/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.ɾóːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.ɾóːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.ɾóːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.ɾʊ́ːz]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔem.ɹúːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔem.ɹúːz]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʔem.ɹúː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔim.ɾɵ́z]

• Rhymes: -oːz

Readings
Classical reading?	imrōz
Dari reading?	imrōz
Iranian reading?	emruz
Tajik reading?	imrüz

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Adverb

Dari	امروز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	имрӯз

امروز • (imrōz / emruz)

1. today

   اِمْروز چَنْدُم اَسْت؟ (Iranian Persian) ― emruz čandom ast? ― what date is it today?

Related terms

• (days) days; پسین‌فرداشب, پسین‌فردا, پس‌فرداشب, پس‌فردا, فرداشب, فردا, امشب, امروز, دیشب, دیروز, پریشب, پریروز, پس پریشب, پس پریروز

Descendants

• Tajik: имрӯз (imrüz)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इमरोज़ (imroz), इमरोज (imroj) — nuqtaless

  Urdu: اِمْروز (imroz)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਮਰੋਜ਼ (imroz)

  Shahmukhi script: اِمْروز (īmroz)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمْروز (imrōz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪm.ɾoːz/
• Rhymes: -oːz
• Hyphenation: اِم‧روز

Adverb

اِمْروز • (imroz) (Hindi spelling इमरोज़)

1. today, current day, this day
2. (by extension, figuratively) current era

   Synonyms: اَدْیَہ (adya), آج (āj)

References

• “امروز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.