روزه

See also: روزہ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (rōzag, “fast, fasting”) from Proto-Iranian *ráwčakah (“fasting”).

Cognate with Baluchi روچگ (rōčag) and Southern Kurdish ڕووژە (rûje).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾoː.ˈza]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.zǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.zǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [roː.zǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊː.zǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuː.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵ.zǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rōza
Dari reading?	rōza
Iranian reading?	ruze
Tajik reading?	rüza

Noun

Dari	روزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рӯза

روزه • (ruze)

1. (religion) fast, fasting (abstinence from eating, etc.)
   1. (Islam) sawm (fasting, particularly in Ramadan)

Derived terms

• روزه گرفتن (ruze gereftan)

Descendants

• → Assamese: ৰোজা (rüza)
• → Bengali: রোজা (rōja)
• → Gujarati: રોજો (rojo)
• → Old Hindi: रोजा (rojā)
  • Hindustani: rozā

    Hindi: रोज़ा

    Urdu: روزَہ (roza)

• → Maithili: rōjā

  Devanagari script: रोजा

  Tirhuta script: 𑒩𑒼𑒖𑒰

• → Marwari: रोजा (rojā)
• → Old Punjabi: ਰੋਜਾ (rojā)
  • Punjabi: rozā

    Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਜ਼ਾ

    Shahmukhi script: روزہ

• → Ottoman Turkish: اوروج (oruc)
  • Turkish: oruç
• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: روزو

  Devanagari script: रोज़ो