روگ

Baluchi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *Hrab- / *Hraf- (“to go”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Persian رفتن (raftan) and Central Kurdish رۆیشتن (royiştin).

For the irregular past stem, see the etymology of شت.

Verb

روگ • (rawag) (past stem شت (šot) or رپت (rapt))

1. to go

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewg-

Sanskrit रोग (roga)bor.

Punjabi روگ (rog)

Borrowed from Sanskrit रोग (roga), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾoːɡᵊ/

Noun

روگ • (rog) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੋਗ)

1. disease, sickness
2. suffering, sorrow
3. weakness (ie. a flaw in a person)
4. trouble, inconvenience
5. a difficult time

Declension

Declension of روگ

	singular	plural
direct	روگ (rog)	روگ (rog)
oblique	روگ (rog)	روگاں (rogāṉ)
vocative	روگا (rogā)	روگو (rogo)
ablative	روگوں (rogoṉ)	روگاں (rogāṉ)
locative	روگے (roge)	روگِیں (rogīṉ)
instrumental	روگوں (rogoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “روگ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਰੋਗ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewg-

Sanskrit रोग (roga)bor.

Urdu روگ (rog)

Borrowed from Sanskrit रोग (roga), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg-. First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi روگ (rvg /⁠rog⁠/, “sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾoːɡ/
• Rhymes: -oːɡ

Noun

روگ • (rog) m (Hindi spelling रोग)

1. sickness, disease

   Synonyms: بِیمَاری (bīmārī), مَرْض (marz)

2. affliction
3. suffering, sorrow
4. weakness (ie. a flaw in a person)

Declension

Declension of روگ

	singular	plural
direct	روگ (rog)	روگ (rog)
oblique	روگ (rog)	روگوں (rogõ)
vocative	روگ (rog)	روگو (rogo)

Further reading

More information

• “روگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “روگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “روگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “روگ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC