روزه

See also: روزہ

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwck' /⁠rōzag⁠/), 𐫡𐫇𐫝𐫃 (rwcg /⁠rōzag⁠/, “fast, fasting”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwčakah (“fasting”). By surface analysis, روز (rōz / ruz, “day”) +‎ ـه (-a / -e). Cognate with Baluchi روچگ (rōčag) and Southern Kurdish ڕووژە (rûje).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /roː.ˈza/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.zá]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.zá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [roː.zá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊː.zá]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuː.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵ.zá]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	rōza
Dari reading?	rōza
Iranian reading?	ruze
Tajik reading?	rüza

Noun

روزه • (rōza / ruze) (Tajik spelling рӯза)

1. (religion) fast, fasting (abstinence from eating)
   1. (Islam) sawm (fasting, particularly in Ramadan)
      • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 115:

        من غم روزه خورم و مغبچه‌ها باده ناب
        سوختم آه درین شهر مسلمانی هست

        man ġam-i rōza xwaram u muġbačča-hā bāda-yi nāb
        sūxtam āh dar īn šahr musalmānī hast

        I suffer the sorrow of fasting, and the Magian children drink pure wine;
        I burn in anguish! Alas that there is Islam in this town!

        (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• روزه گرفتن (rōza giriftan / ruze gereftan)

Descendants

• Tajik: рӯза (rüza)
• → Assamese: ৰোজা (rüza)
• → Bashkir: ураза (oraza)
• → Bengali: রোজা (rōja)
• → Chagatai: روزه (rwzh /⁠rōzä⁠/)
  • Uyghur: روزا (roza)
  • Uzbek: roʻza
• → Gujarati: રોજો (rojo)
• → Kazakh: ораза (oraza)
• → Kyrgyz: орозо (orozo)
• → Maithili:

  Devanagari script: रोजा (rōjā)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒩𑒼𑒖𑒰 (rōjā)

• → Marwari: रोजा (rojā)
• → Old Hindi: रोजा (rojā)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: रोज़ा (rozā)

    Urdu: روزَہ (roza)

• → Old Punjabi: ਰੋਜਾ (rojā)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਜ਼ਾ (rozā)

    Shahmukhi script: روزہ (roza)

• → Ottoman Turkish: اوروج (oruc), اورج (oruc)
  • Turkish: oruç
• → Sindhi:

  Devanagari script: रोज़ो (rozo)

  Arabic script: روزو (rozo)

• → Tatar: ураза (uraza)
• → Turkmen: oraza