roza

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roza"

English

Etymology

From Hindi रौज़ा (rauzā, “garden; mausoleum”)/Urdu روضہ (rauza), from Classical Persian روضه (rawza), from Arabic روضة (rawḍa, “garden; meadow”).

Noun

roza (plural rozas)

1. (India, historical) A garden, especially one at a mausoleum.

References

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “roza”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese roça.

Noun

roza f (plural roces)

1. shrub, bush, hedge
2. heathland, moorland
3. undergrowth

   Synonym: viesca

Derived terms

• Roces (a neighbourhood in Gijón)
• Les Roces (various villages)

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-der.?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)wardʰ-

Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?

Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?

Latin rosader.

Esperanto rozo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto roza

From rozo + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroza/

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• Rhymes: -oza
• Syllabification: ro‧za

Adjective

roza (accusative singular rozan, plural rozaj, accusative plural rozajn)

1. related to roses.
2. having the color of a rose.
   rose:  
3. (figuratively) pleasant and cheerful

Further reading

• “roza”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “roza”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?

Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti

Latin rumpō

Latin ruptus

Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.

Latin -iāre

Vulgar Latin *ruptiāre

Old Galician-Portuguese roçar

Galician rozarbf.

Galician roza

Back-formation from rozar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroθa̝/, (western) /ˈrosa̝/

Noun

roza m (plural rozas)

1. slash and burn
2. swidden

   Synonyms: cachada, estivada, rozada

3. brushwood

   Synonym: broza

4. the act of cleaning or mowing brushwood

Derived terms

• Roza
• Rozas

Related terms

• rozar

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “roza”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “roza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “roza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

roza

1. inflection of rozar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Noun

roza f

1. rose

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Noun

roza f (Hebrew spelling רוזה)

1. flower
2. rose

Lotha Naga

Noun

roza

1. king

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 81

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

roza (Cyrillic spelling роза)

1. pink, rosy, rose

   Synonym: ružičast

See also

Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text)

bijel / бијел, beo / бео	siv / сив, sinji / сињи	crn / црн
crven / црвен, rumen / румен	narandžast / наранџаст, narančast / наранчаст; smeđ / смеђ, braon / браон	žut / жут; žut / жут
zelen / зелен	zelen / зелен
tirkizan / тиркизан, cijan / цијан; tirkizan / тиркизан	plav / плав	modar / модар
ljubičast / љубичаст; modar / модар, indigo / индиго	ljubičast / љубичаст, magenta / магента; ljubičast / љубичаст	ružičast / ружичаст, roza / роза

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroθa/ [ˈro.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈrosa/ [ˈro.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -osa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ro‧za
• Homophone: (seseo merger) rosa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rozar.

Noun

roza f (plural rozas)

1. brushing, scrubbing

Derived terms

• roza y quema

Related terms

• rozar

Etymology 2

Verb

roza

1. inflection of rozar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “roza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ро́за (róza).

Noun

roza

1. rose

Inflection

Inflection of roza (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	roza
genitive sing.	rozan
partitive sing.	rozad
partitive plur.	rozid
	singular	plural
nominative	roza	rozad
accusative	rozan	rozad
genitive	rozan	roziden
partitive	rozad	rozid
essive-instructive	rozan	rozin
translative	rozaks	rozikš
inessive	rozas	roziš
elative	rozaspäi	rozišpäi
illative	rozaha rozha	rozihe
adessive	rozal	rozil
ablative	rozalpäi	rozilpäi
allative	rozale	rozile
abessive	rozata	rozita
comitative	rozanke	rozidenke
prolative	rozadme	rozidme
approximative I	rozanno	rozidenno
approximative II	rozannoks	rozidennoks
egressive	rozannopäi	rozidennopäi
terminative I	rozahasai rozhasai	rozihesai
terminative II	rozalesai	rozilesai
terminative III	rozassai	—
additive I	rozahapäi rozhapäi	rozihepäi
additive II	rozalepäi	rozilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “роза”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

rōza m (plural roza)

1. sod
2. lawn