See also: ژور, ژوژ, روژ, زور, رور, and زوز

Andalusian Arabic

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Etymology

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    From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

    Noun

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    رَوْز (rawz)

    1. rice

    Descendants

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    • Asturian: arroz
    • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Old Spanish: arroz

    References

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    • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 222

    Moroccan Arabic

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    Etymology

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      From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

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      Noun

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      روز (rūzm (collective)

      1. rice

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      Persian

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (yʿm), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h), from Proto-Iranian *ráwčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas. Compare Indo-Iranian cognates Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah, light, day)) and Sanskrit रोचते (rocate, to shine, to be bright)).

        Pronunciation

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        Readings
        Classical reading? rōz
        Dari reading? rōz
        Iranian reading? ruz
        Tajik reading? rüz
        • Audio (Dari):(file)
        • Audio (Iran):(file)

        Noun

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        Dari روز
        Iranian Persian
        Tajik рӯз

        روز (rōz / ruz) (plural روزها or روزان)

        1. day
          ۳ روز است که پدرشان گم شده.
          Se ruz ast ke pedarešân gom šode. (more literary)
          ۳ روزه که پدرشون گم شده.
          Se ruz-e ke pedarešun gom šode. (more colloquial)
          Their father's been missing for three days.
          (Literally, “It is three days that their father has gone missing.”)
        2. daylight
        3. daytime

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        South Levantine Arabic

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        Etymology

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          From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

          Noun

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          روز (rōzm (collective, singulative روزة f (rōze))

          1. Alternative form of رزّ (rozz)

          Urdu

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          Etymology

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            Borrowed from Classical Persian روز (rōz).

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            روز (rozm (Hindi spelling रोज़)

            1. daily, everyday
              Synonym: روزانہ (rozāna)
            2. day
              Synonyms: دن (din), یوم (yaum)
            3. period, age, time
              Synonym: زمانہ (zāmāna)

            Adverb

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            روز (roz)

            1. daily
            2. always

            Further reading

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            • روز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
            • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
            • روز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

            Ushojo

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            Etymology

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            From Urdu روزہ (rōzah).

            Noun

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            روز (rōz)

            1. fasting