روشن

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːʃən/

Noun

روشن (rowšan) m (plural رواشن)

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian lwšn' (rōšn, “light; bright, light”) or Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬀 (raoxšna), from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.‏

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Adjective

Dari	روشن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	равшан

روشن • (rowšan) (comparative روشن‌تَر (rowšan-tar), superlative روشن‌تَرین (rowšan-tarin))

1. light
2. lit
3. alight
4. bright
5. clear
6. on

Antonyms

• خاموش (xâmuš)

Derived terms

• روشن کردن (rowšan kardan)
• روشنی (rowšani)

Descendants

• → Hindi: रौशन (rauśan)
• → Urdu: روشن (rauśan, rośan)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rōšn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 72.

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian روشن (roušan).

Adjective

روشن • (rauśan, rośan) (Hindi spelling रौशन)

1. light
2. lit
3. alight
4. illuminated
5. bright
6. shining
7. splendid
8. luminous