روز

See also: ژور‎, ژوژ‎, روژ‎, زور‎, رور‎, and زوز‎

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز‎ (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ‎ (ruzz).

Noun

رَوْز (rawz)

1. rice

Descendants

• Asturian: arroz
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: arroz
  • Portuguese: arroz
• Old Spanish: arroz
  • Spanish: arroz
  • Ladino: arroz

References

• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 222

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز‎ (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ‎ (ruzz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːz/

Noun

روز • (rūz) m (collective)

1. rice

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬‎ (YWM /rōz/); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɾoːz/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɾoːz/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɾuːz/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɾɵːz/

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Noun

Dari	روز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рӯз (rüz)

روز • (ruz), plural روزها‎ (ruz-hâ) or روزان‎ (ruzân)

1. day

   ۳ روز است که پدرشان گم شده.‎

   Se ruz ast ke pedarešân gom šode. (more literary)

   ۳ روزه که پدرشون گم شده.‎

   Se ruz-e ke pedarešun gom šode. (more colloquial)

   Their father's been missing for three days.

   (Literally, “It is three days that their father has gone missing.”)

2. daylight
3. daytime

Derived terms

• امروز‎ (emruz)
• دیروز‎ (diruz)
• روزانه‎ (ruzâne)
• روزبه‌روز‎ (ruz-be-ruz)
• روزمره‎ (ruzmarre)
• روزنامه‎ (ruznâme)
• روزه‎ (ruze)
• روزگار‎ (ruzgâr)
• روزی روزگاری‎ (ruz-i ruzegâr-i)
• روزی‎ (ruzi)
• نوروز‎ (nowruz)
• نیمروز‎ (nimruz)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रोज़ (roz)

  Urdu: روز‎

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਰੋਜ਼ (roz)

  Shahmukhi: روز‎ (roz)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَوْز‎ (rawz).

Noun

روز • (rōz) m, collective, singulative روزة‎ f (rōze)

1. Alternative form of رزّ‎ (rozz)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روز‎ (rōz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾoːz/
• Rhymes: -oːz

Noun

روز • (roz) m (Hindi spelling रोज़)

1. daily, everyday

   Synonyms: روزانہ‎ (rozāna), روزینہ‎ (rozīna)

2. day

   Synonyms: دن‎ (din), یوم‎ (yaum)

3. period, age, time

   Synonym: زمانہ‎ (zāmāna)

Adverb

روز • (roz)

1. daily
2. always

References

• “روز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “روز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “روز”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu روزہ‎ (rōzah).

Noun

روز (rōz)

1. fasting