روح
Arabic edit
Root |
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ر و ح (r-w-ḥ) |
Etymology 1 edit
Etymologically related to Arabic: ريح (“wind”). From Proto-West Semitic *rūḥ-. Cognate with Hebrew רוּחַ (rúakh).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
رُوح • (rūḥ) m or f (plural أَرْوَاح (ʔarwāḥ))
- spirit (all senses), ghost
- soul, essence, core or essential aspect required for being
- life; spark of life, breath of life
- breath, movement of air
- motivation, energy, inspiration; the means to be animate or living
- gun barrel
Declension edit
Declension of noun رُوح (rūḥ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | رُوح rūḥ |
الرُّوح ar-rūḥ |
رُوح rūḥ |
Nominative | رُوحٌ rūḥun |
الرُّوحُ ar-rūḥu |
رُوحُ rūḥu |
Accusative | رُوحًا rūḥan |
الرُّوحَ ar-rūḥa |
رُوحَ rūḥa |
Genitive | رُوحٍ rūḥin |
الرُّوحِ ar-rūḥi |
رُوحِ rūḥi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | رُوحَيْن rūḥayn |
الرُّوحَيْن ar-rūḥayn |
رُوحَيْ rūḥay |
Nominative | رُوحَانِ rūḥāni |
الرُّوحَانِ ar-rūḥāni |
رُوحَا rūḥā |
Accusative | رُوحَيْنِ rūḥayni |
الرُّوحَيْنِ ar-rūḥayni |
رُوحَيْ rūḥay |
Genitive | رُوحَيْنِ rūḥayni |
الرُّوحَيْنِ ar-rūḥayni |
رُوحَيْ rūḥay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَرْوَاح ʔarwāḥ |
الْأَرْوَاح al-ʔarwāḥ |
أَرْوَاح ʔarwāḥ |
Nominative | أَرْوَاحٌ ʔarwāḥun |
الْأَرْوَاحُ al-ʔarwāḥu |
أَرْوَاحُ ʔarwāḥu |
Accusative | أَرْوَاحًا ʔarwāḥan |
الْأَرْوَاحَ al-ʔarwāḥa |
أَرْوَاحَ ʔarwāḥa |
Genitive | أَرْوَاحٍ ʔarwāḥin |
الْأَرْوَاحِ al-ʔarwāḥi |
أَرْوَاحِ ʔarwāḥi |
Derived terms edit
- رَاحَة الْأَرْوَاح (rāḥat al-ʔarwāḥ)
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: ruh
- → Malay: roh
- Indonesian: roh
- Maltese: ruħ
- → Ottoman Turkish: روح (ruh)
- > Turkish: ruh (inherited)
- → Persian: روح
- → Swahili: roho
- → Uyghur: روھ (roh)
- → Uzbek: ruh
- → Zazaki: ruh, roh
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “روح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
رَوْح • (rawḥ) m
Declension edit
Declension of noun رَوْح (rawḥ)
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ, “soul, spirit”).
Noun edit
- soul, the spirit of a person that lives on after one's death
- soul, core, pith, kernel, marrow, essence of a thing
- vitality, vivacity, liveliness, animation, energy
- name of a certain angel or class of angels
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Turkish: ruh
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ruh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3979
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “روح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 630
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Anima”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 62
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “روح”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2377
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ruh”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “روح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 992
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾuːh]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹuːʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾɵʰ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | rūh |
Dari reading? | rūh |
Iranian reading? | ruh |
Tajik reading? | rüh |
Noun edit
Dari | روح |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | рӯҳ |
روح • (ruh) (plural ارواح (arvâh) or روحها (ruh-hâ))
Synonyms edit
- روان (ravân)
Derived terms edit
South Levantine Arabic edit
Root |
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ر و ح |
16 terms |
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
روّح • (rawwaḥ) II (non-past بروّح (birawweḥ), active participle مروّح (mrawweḥ))
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of روّح (rawwaḥ) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | روّحت (rawwaḥt) | روّحت (rawwaḥt) | روّح (rawwaḥ) | روّحنا (rawwaḥna) | روّحتو (rawwaḥtu) | روّحو (rawwaḥu) | |
f | روّحتي (rawwaḥti) | روّحت (rawwaḥat) | ||||||
present | m | بروّح (barawweḥ) | بتروّح (bitrawweḥ) | بروّح (birawweḥ) | منروّح (minrawweḥ) | بتروّحو (bitrawwḥu) | بروّحو (birawwḥu) | |
f | بتروّحي (bitrawwḥi) | بتروّح (bitrawweḥ) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | اروّح (arawweḥ) | تروّح (trawweḥ) | يروّح (yrawweḥ) | نروّح (nrawweḥ) | تروّحو (trawwḥu) | يروّحو (yrawwḥu) | |
f | تروّحي (trawwḥi) | تروّح (trawweḥ) | ||||||
imperative | m | روّح (rawweḥ) | روّحو (rawwḥu) | |||||
f | روّحي (rawwḥi) |
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
روح • (rōḥ) f (plural أرواح (ʔarwāḥ))
Derived terms edit
- طويل الروح (ṭawīl ir-rūḥ, “patient”, adj.)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian روح (rūḥ), from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ, “spirit”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾuːɦ/
- Rhymes: -uːɦ
Noun edit
رُوح • (rūḥ) f (Hindi spelling रूह)
- soul, spirit
- Synonym: آتما (ātma)
- essence, quintessence
Declension edit
Declension of روح | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | رُوح (rūḥ) | رُوحیں (rūḥẽ) |
oblique | رُوح (rūḥ) | رُوحوں (rūḥõ) |
vocative | رُوح (rūḥ) | رُوحو (rūḥo) |