راز

See also: زار

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian lʾc (rāz, “secret, mystery”), from Old Persian *𐎼𐎠𐏀 (*rāza-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raȷ́ʰ- (“secret, mystery; to abandon”). Related to رستن (rastan, “set free, leave, escape”), and رها (rahâ, “free, liberated”).

Cognates with Parthian 𐫡𐫀𐫉 (rʾz /⁠rāz⁠/), and Sanskrit रहस्य (rahasya, “secret, mystery, clandestine”).

Also compare Old Armenian երազ (eraz), Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ, “mystery”), Hebrew רָז (rāz), Classical Syriac ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzā), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

Dari	راز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	роз

راز • (râz) (plural رازها (râz-hâ))

1. secret
2. mystery

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਜ਼ (rāz)

  Shahmukhi script: راز (rāz)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ćš.

Noun

Dari	راز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	роз

راز • (râz) (plural رازها (râz-hâ) or رازان (râzân))

1. hornet
2. bee

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian راز (rāz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːz/

Noun

راز • (rāz) m (Hindi spelling राज़)

1. secret
2. mystery

Adjective

راز • (rāz) (Hindi spelling राज़)

1. confidential; clandestine

References

• “راز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “راز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “راز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• “راز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu راز (rāz).

Noun

راز (rāz)

1. secret
2. mystery