روزی

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See also: زوري

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian lwcyk' (rōzīg, daily bread, sustenance), from 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz [YWM], day). Compare Old Armenian ռոճիկ (ṙočik), Old Georgian როჭი (roč̣i), როჭიკი (roč̣iḳi), Classical Syriac ܪܘܙܝܩܐ (rōzīqā), ܪܙܩܐ (rezqā), Arabic رِزْق (rizq), all Iranian borrowings.

Noun

Dari روزی
Iranian Persian
Tajik рӯзӣ

روزی (ruzi)

  1. sustenance, daily bread

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ռոճիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 145–146
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 129, pages 139–140
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 234
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 72