روزہ

See also: روزه

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). Compare Old Hindi रोजा (rojā).

Noun

روزَہ (rozah) m (Gurmukhi ਰੋਜਾ)

1. (Islam) the Muslim fast of Ramadan

Descendants

• Punjabi: rozā

  Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਜ਼ਾ

  Shahmukhi script: روزہ

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਰੋਜਾ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 256
• “ਰੋਜਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). First attested as Old Punjabi روزَہ (rozah).

Noun

روزہ • (rozā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੋਜ਼ਾ)

1. fast (abstinence from food)

   Synonyms: فاقہ (fākā), ورت (varat)

2. (Islam) the fast during the month of Ramadan

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.zɑ(ː)/

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• Hyphenation: رو‧زَہ

Etymology 1

First attested in c. 1657 as Middle Hindi روزہ (roza), borrowed from Classical Persian روزَه (rōza).

Noun

روزَہ • (roza) m (Hindi spelling रोज़ा)

1. fast (abstention from food)
2. (Islam) sawm (abstaining from food, drink and sex)
3. (by extension):
   1. the month of Ramadan
   2. a day in the month of Ramadan
4. (rare) starvation

Declension

Declension of روزہ
	singular	plural
direct	روزَہ (rozah)	روزے (roze)
oblique	روزے (roze)	روزوں (rozõ)
vocative	روزے (roze)	روزو (rozo)

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, روز (roz, “day”) +‎ ہ (h).

Adjective

روزَہ • (roza) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling रोज़ा) (literary, formal)

1. daily

Further reading

More information

• “روزہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 349
• Platts, John T. (1884) “روزه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 605
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “روزه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “روزه”, 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