रोक

Hindi

Etymology

Deverbal form of रोकना (roknā, “to stop”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾoːk/

Noun

रोक • (rok) f (Urdu spelling روک)

1. stop; stopping, halt
2. barrier, obstacle
3. ban, prohibition

   Synonyms: निषेध (niṣedh), मनाही (manāhī)

   सरकार ने सिगरेट की बिकरी पर रोक लगाने का सोचा है।

   sarkār ne sigreṭ kī bikrī par rok lagāne kā socā hai.

   The government has considered putting a ban on cigarette-selling.

Declension

Declension of रोक (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रोक rok	रोकें rokẽ
oblique	रोक rok	रोकों rokõ
vocative	रोक rok	रोको roko

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৰোক (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
• রোক (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ရောက (Burmese script)
• રોક (Gujarati script)
• ਰੋਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂷𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ರೋಕ (Kannada script)
• រោក (Khmer script)
• ໂຣກ (Lao script)
• രോക (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘻𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧜𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑀𑐎 (Newa script)
• ରୋକ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
• රොක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩕𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚴𑚊 (Takri script)
• ரோக (Tamil script)
• రోక (Telugu script)
• โรก (Thai script)
• རོ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨆𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *rawkás, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-ó-s, from *lewk- (“to shine, bright”). Cognate with Latin lūx, Russian луч (luč, “light”), Persian روز (ruz), Old English lēoht (whence English light).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐw.kɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.kɐ/

Noun

रोक • (roká) stem, m (root रुच्)

1. light, lustre, brightness
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.6.7:

     दिवश्चिदा ते रुचयन्त रोका उषो विभातीरनु भासि पूर्वीः।

     divaścidā te rucayanta rokā uṣo vibhātīranu bhāsi pūrvīḥ.

     F the sky thy brilliant lights shone hither: thou hast beamed through many a radiant morning

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रोक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रोकः (rokáḥ)	रोकौ (rokáu) रोका¹ (rokā́¹)	रोकाः (rokā́ḥ) रोकासः¹ (rokā́saḥ¹)
accusative	रोकम् (rokám)	रोकौ (rokáu) रोका¹ (rokā́¹)	रोकान् (rokā́n)
instrumental	रोकेण (rokéṇa)	रोकाभ्याम् (rokā́bhyām)	रोकैः (rokáiḥ) रोकेभिः¹ (rokébhiḥ¹)
dative	रोकाय (rokā́ya)	रोकाभ्याम् (rokā́bhyām)	रोकेभ्यः (rokébhyaḥ)
ablative	रोकात् (rokā́t)	रोकाभ्याम् (rokā́bhyām)	रोकेभ्यः (rokébhyaḥ)
genitive	रोकस्य (rokásya)	रोकयोः (rokáyoḥ)	रोकाणाम् (rokā́ṇām)
locative	रोके (roké)	रोकयोः (rokáyoḥ)	रोकेषु (rokéṣu)
vocative	रोक (róka)	रोकौ (rókau) रोका¹ (rókā¹)	रोकाः (rókāḥ) रोकासः¹ (rókāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Sanskritization of Prakrit *रोक्क (rŏkka, “ready money”).

Noun

रोक • (roka) stem, m

1. buying with ready money

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

रोक • (roka) stem, ?

1. boat, ship
2. hole
3. moving, shaking

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “रोक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 888, column 2.

Shina

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रोग (róga).

Noun

रोक (rōk) (Perso-Arabic روک)

1. (Drasi) disease

See also

• (Gilgiti) رگوٹو (rogōtŭ, “illness”)