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:
    • Old Spanish: 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

    Moroccan Arabic

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ruːz/

    Noun

    روز • (rūzm (collective)

    1. rice

    Descendants

    Persian

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (yʿm), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h), from Proto-Iranian *ráwčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- + *-os. Compare Indo-Iranian cognates Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah, light, day)) and Sanskrit रोचते (rocate, to shine, to be bright)).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? rōz
    Dari reading? rōz
    Iranian reading? ruz
    Tajik reading? rüz
    • Audio (Dari):(file)
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

    روز • (rōz / ruz) (plural روزها (rōz-hā / ruz-hâ), or روزان (rōzān / ruzân), Tajik spelling рӯз)

    1. day
      ۳ روز است که پدرشان گم شده.
      3 rōz ast ki padarašān gum šuda. (Classical)
      3 ruz ast ke pedarešân gom šode. (Iran)
      ۳ روزه که پدرشون گم شده.
      3 ruz-e ke pedarešun gom šode. (Iran, more colloquial)
      Their father's been missing for three days.
    2. daylight
    3. daytime

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    روز • (rōzm (collective, singulative روزة f (rōze))

    1. alternative form of رزّ (rozz)

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian روز (rōz).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    روز • (rozm (Hindi spelling रोज़)

    1. daily, everyday
      Synonym: روزانہ (rozāna)
    2. day
      Synonyms: دن (din), یوم (yaum)
    3. period, age, time
      Synonym: زمانہ (zāmāna)

    Adverb

    روز • (roz)

    1. daily
    2. always

    Further reading

    • روز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “روز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • روز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

    Ushojo

    Etymology

    From Urdu روزہ (rōzah).

    Noun

    روز (rōz)

    1. fasting