روی
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /rôy/, “copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdáh (“copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdʰás.[1]
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
روی • (rôy)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /rôy/, “face”), from Proto-Iranian *rauda- (“appearance”) (with semantic shift "growth, development" > "appearance"), from Proto-Iranian *Hraud- (“to grow (bigger)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”).[2][3]
Alternative forms edit
- رو (ru)
Noun edit
روی • (ruy)
Etymology 3 edit
Derived from روی (ruy, "face") (see etymology 2) + ezafe.
Alternative forms edit
- رو (ru-e)
Preposition edit
روی • (ruy-e)
Usage notes edit
In formal speech it is sometimes used with بر (bar): بر روی (bar ruy-e).
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
روی • (ruy)
Etymology 5 edit
Borrowed from Arabic رَوِيّ (rawiyy).
Noun edit
روی • (ravi)
Etymology 6 edit
Noun edit
روی • (ravi)
References edit
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 404
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 402
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾə.ʋiː/
Noun edit
روی • (ravi) m (Hindi spelling रवि)
Derived terms edit
- رویوار (ravivār)