راز

See also: زار

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian lʾc (rāz, “secret, mystery”), from Old Persian *𐎼𐎠𐏀 (*rāza-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raȷ́ʰ- (“secret, mystery; to abandon”). Related to رستن (rastan, “set free, leave, escape”), and رها (rahâ, “free, liberated”).

Cognates with Parthian 𐫡𐫀𐫉 (rʾz /⁠rāz⁠/), and Sanskrit रहस्य (rahasya, “secret, mystery, clandestine”).

Also compare Old Armenian երազ (eraz), Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ, “mystery”), Hebrew רָז (rāz), Classical Syriac ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzā), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

Dari	راز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	роз

راز • (râz) (plural رازها (râz-hâ))

1. secret
2. mystery

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਜ਼ (rāz)

  Shahmukhi script: راز (rāz)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ćš.

Noun

Dari	راز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	роз

راز • (râz) (plural رازها (râz-hâ) or رازان (râzân))

1. hornet
2. bee

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَاز (rāz). First attested in c. 1636 as Middle Hindi راز (raz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːz/

Noun

راز • (rāz) m (formal plural رازْہا (rāzhā), Hindi spelling राज़)

1. secret; mystery

   Synonym: بھید (bhed)

Adjective

راز • (rāz) (Hindi spelling राज़)

1. confidential; clandestine

Further reading

More information

• “راز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “راز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “راز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “راز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “راز”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu راز (rāz).

Noun

راز (rāz)

1. secret
2. mystery