𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *rawčás, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah), Sanskrit रोचस् (rócas).

Noun

𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h /raucah/)

1. day

Declension

Declension of 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐎼𐎢𐎨 (r-u-c)	—	—
Vocative	—	—	—
Accusative	𐎼𐎢𐎨 (r-u-c)	—	—
Instrumental	—	—	𐎼𐎢𐎨𐎲𐎡𐏁 (r-u-c-b-i-š)
Dative	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—
Locative	—	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/⁠rōz⁠/, “day”)

  Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫝 (rwc), 𐫡𐫇𐫉 (rwz)

  Book Pahlavi script: 𐮹𐮵𐮿 (YWM)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (YWM), 𐭫𐭥𐭰 (lwc)

  Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮈𐮅𐮋 (YWM), 𐮊𐮅𐮍𐮎𐮈 (lwspy /⁠rōsp⁠/)

  • → Sogdian: [Term?] (/⁠rōč⁠/)

    Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫝 (rwc)

    Syriac script: ܪܘܨ (rwc)

  • Classical Persian: روز (rōz)
    • Dari: روز (rōz)
    • Iranian Persian: روز (ruz)
    • Tajik: рӯз (rüz)
      • → Yagnobi: рӯз (rüz)
    • → Hindi: रोज़ (roz)
    • → Urdu: روز (roz)
    • Lurish:

      Bakhtiari: رئس (res), روز (ruz)

      Northern Luri: روز (rūz)

      Southern Luri: روز (rūz)

References

• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[1]