روز

See also: ژور, ژوژ, روژ, زور, رور, and زوز

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

Noun

رَوْز (rawz)

1. rice

Descendants

• Asturian: arroz
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: arroz
  • Portuguese: arroz
• Old Spanish: arroz
  • Spanish: arroz
  • Ladino: arroz

References

• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 222

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːz/

Noun

روز • (rūz) m (collective)

1. rice

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (YWM /⁠rōz⁠/); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	r
Dari reading?	r
Iranian reading?	r
Tajik reading?	r

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Noun

Dari	روز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рӯз

روز • (ruz) (plural روزها (ruz-hâ) or روزان (ruzân))

1. day

   ۳ روز است که پدرشان گم شده.

   Se ruz ast ke pedarešân gom šode. (more literary)

   ۳ روزه که پدرشون گم شده.

   Se ruz-e ke pedarešun gom šode. (more colloquial)

   Their father's been missing for three days.

   (Literally, “It is three days that their father has gone missing.”)

2. daylight
3. daytime

Derived terms

• امروز (emruz)
• دیروز (diruz)
• روزنامه (ruznâme)
• روزه (ruze)
• روزانه (ruzâne)
• نوروز (nouruz)
• نیمروز (nimruz)
• روزگار (ruzgâr)
• روزمره (ruzmarre)
• روزبه‌روز (ruz-be-ruz)
• روزی روزگاری (ruz-i ruzegar-i)

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَوْز (rawz).

Noun

روز • (rōz) m (collective, singulative روزة f (rōze))

1. Alternative form of رزّ (rozz)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian روز (ruz).

Noun

روز • (roz) m (Hindi spelling रोज़)

1. day
2. daytime

Synonyms

• دن (din)