روی

See also: زوی, زوى, روى, زوي, and روي

Persian

Etymology 1

  • Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /⁠rōy⁠/, “copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdáh (“copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdʰás.[1]

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     
     

    Readings
    Classical reading? rōy
    Dari reading? rōy
    Iranian reading? ruy
    Tajik reading? rüy

    Noun

    روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

    1. (archaic) bronze
    2. zinc

    Etymology 2

  • Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /⁠rōy⁠/, “face”), from Proto-Iranian *rauda- (“appearance”) (with semantic shift "growth, development" > "appearance"), from Proto-Iranian *Hraud- (“to grow (bigger)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”).[2][3]

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? rōy
    Dari reading? rōy
    Iranian reading? ruy
    Tajik reading? rüy

    Noun

    روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

    1. face

    Preposition

    روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй) (with ezafe)

    1. on, upon
    2. above
    Usage notes

    In formal speech it is sometimes used with بر (bar): بر روی (bar rō-yi / bar ru-ye).

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? rōy
    Dari reading? rōy
    Iranian reading? ruy
    Tajik reading? rüy

    Verb

    روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

    1. present stem form of رستن (rustan / rostan, “to grow”)
    2. present stem form of روییدن (rōyīdan / ruyidan)

    Etymology 4

    Borrowed from Arabic رَوِيّ (rawiyy).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? rawī
    Dari reading? rawī
    Iranian reading? ravi
    Tajik reading? ravi

    Noun

    روی • (rawī / ravi) (Tajik spelling равӣ)

    1. the last letter of a distich, in which all the verses in the same poem terminate

    Etymology 5

    From رو (raw / row) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, noun forming suffix)

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? rawī
    Dari reading? rawī
    Iranian reading? ravi
    Tajik reading? ravi

    Noun

    روی • (rawī / ravi) (Tajik spelling равӣ)

    1. journey, progress

    References

    1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 404
    2. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 402
    3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    روی • (ravi) m (Hindi spelling रवि)

    1. sun
      Synonyms: خورشید (xvuršed), سورج (sūraj), سوریہ (sūrya), شمس (śams)

    Derived terms

    • رویوار (ravivār)
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