roh

Abbreviation of English Romansch or Romansch romansch, romontsch,.

roh

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Romansh.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Romansch terms

From Proto-Tai *l̩.noːkᴰ (“outside”). Cognate with Thai นอก (nɔ̂ɔk), Lao ນອກ (nǭk), Lü ᦓᦸᧅ (noak), Shan ၼွၵ်ႈ (nāuk), Ahom 𑜃𑜨𑜀𑜫 (nok), Zhuang rog.

• IPA^(key): /zo˧/

roh

1. out; outside

Inherited from Old Czech roh, from Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrox]

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roh m inan (diminutive růžek)

1. horn (a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals)
2. horn (any of several musical wind instruments)
3. corner (of a street)
4. corner (the space in the angle between converging walls which meet in a point)

   Synonym: kout

• “roh”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “roh”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “roh”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Middle High German rō, from Old High German (h)rō, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-. Cognate with Dutch rauw, English raw. In Old High German only the uninflected stem was monophthongised to -ō. Various ways of levelling yielded many variants in Middle High German (including rō, rōch, rou, rā). The contemporary form has been standard since the 17th century.

• IPA^(key): /ʁoː/
• Rhymes: -oː

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roh (strong nominative masculine singular roher, comparative roher, superlative am rohsten or am rohesten)

1. raw (uncooked)
2. unprocessed, crude, raw
3. (figuratively) unrefined, rude, brutal

• “roh” in Duden online
• “roh” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /roː/

roh

1. raw

   Rohe Frichte sin gud fer die Gesundheet se halle.

   Raw fruits are good for your health.

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “roh”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

From Malay roh, from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔh]

roh

1. spirit

From Malay roh, ruh, from Classical Malay roh, ruh, from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ). Doublet of arwah.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈroh/ [ˈrɔh]
• Rhymes: -oh
• Syllabification: roh

roh (plural roh-roh)

1. spirit
   1. a supernatural being without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel

      Synonyms: arwah, spirit

   2. (figurative) energy; ardour

      Synonyms: semangat, spirit

   3. the soul of a person or other creature

      Synonyms: arwah, atma, jiwa, hidup, kehidupan, nyawa, sukma

• rokh
• ruh (nonstandard)

• “roh”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rogъ.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈroɣ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈrox/

roh m inan

1. horn

   dosáhnúti někomu živého rohu ― to touch a raw nerve

2. corner

   dáti někomu v roh ― to drive someone into the corner

• Czech: roh

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “roh”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

From Proto-Batak *rəh.

roh

1. to come; to attend

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p.197.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.

• IPA^(key): [rɔx]

roh m inan

1. horn
2. corner

• “roh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾoː/
• Hyphenation: roh

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roh

1. alternative form of ruh