روی

See also: زوی, زوى, روى, زوي, and روي

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /⁠rōy⁠/, “copper, brass”), Northern Luri ڕوویی (rruyi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdáh (“copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdʰás.

Alternative forms

• رو (rō / ru), رود (rōd / rud) (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ruːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊːj]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuːj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuːj]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɹuːʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵj]

Readings
Classical reading?	rōy
Dari reading?	rōy
Iranian reading?	ruy
Tajik reading?	rüy

Noun

روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

1. (archaic) bronze
2. zinc

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /⁠rōy⁠/, “face”), Northern Luri ڕی (rri), from Proto-Iranian *rauda- (“appearance”) (with semantic shift "growth, development" > "appearance"), from Proto-Iranian *Hraud- (“to grow (bigger)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”).

Alternative forms

• رو (rō / ru)

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ruːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ri]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuːj]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵj]

Readings
Classical reading?	rōy
Dari reading?	rōy
Iranian reading?	ruy
Tajik reading?	rüy

Noun

روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

1. face

Preposition

Picture dictionary

روی

بالا

پایین

در

جلوی

پشت

روی

کنار

زیر

میان

Prepositions of location

روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй) (with ezafe)

1. on, upon
2. above

Usage notes

In formal speech it is sometimes used with بر (bar): بر روی (bar rō-yi / bar ru-ye).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ruːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊːj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuːj]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵj]

Readings
Classical reading?	rōy
Dari reading?	rōy
Iranian reading?	ruy
Tajik reading?	rüy

Verb

روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

1. present stem form of رستن (rustan / rostan, “to grow”)
2. present stem form of روییدن (rōyīdan / ruyidan)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Arabic رَوِيّ (rawiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ra.ˈwiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.wíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.wíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rä.wíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rä.wí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæ.víː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.ví]

Readings
Classical reading?	rawī
Dari reading?	rawī
Iranian reading?	ravi
Tajik reading?	ravi

Noun

روی • (rawī / ravi) (Tajik spelling равӣ)

1. the last letter of a distich, in which all the verses in the same poem terminate

Etymology 5

From رو (raw / row) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, noun forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ra.ˈwiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.wíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.wíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rä.wíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rä.wí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæ.víː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.ví]

Readings
Classical reading?	rawī
Dari reading?	rawī
Iranian reading?	ravi
Tajik reading?	ravi

Noun

روی • (rawī / ravi) (Tajik spelling равӣ)

1. journey, progress

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.ʋiː/

Noun

روی • (ravi) m (Hindi spelling रवि)

1. sun

   Synonyms: خورشید (xvuršed), سورج (sūraj), سوریہ (sūrya), شمس (śams)

Derived terms

• رویوار (ravivār)