روی

See also: زوی, زوى, روى, زوي, and روي

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روی

Etymology 1

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

رو (rô), رود (rôd) (obsolete)

Noun

روی • (rôy)

(archaic) bronze
zinc

Etymology 2

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

رو (ru)

Noun

روی • (ruy)

face

Etymology 3

Derived from روی (ruy, "face") (see etymology 2) + ezafe.

Alternative forms

رو (ru-e)

Preposition

روی • (ruy-e)

on, upon
above

Usage notes

In formal speech it is sometimes used with (bar): (bar ruy-e).

Etymology 4

Verb

روی • (ruy)

present stem form of (rostan, “to grow”)
present stem form of (ruyidan)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Arabic رَوِيّ (rawiyy).

Noun

روی • (ravi)

the last letter of a distich, in which all the verses in the same poem terminate

Etymology 6

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Seems like (rav, “present stem form of (raftan, “to go”)”) +‎ (i, “ezafe suffix”).”

Noun

روی • (ravi)

journey, progress

References

^ 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.ʋiː/

Noun

روی • (ravi) m (Hindi spelling रवि)

sun
Synonyms: خورشید (xvuršed), سورج (sūraj), سوریہ (sūrya), شمس (śams)

Derived terms

رویوار (ravivār)

[ESIJa-raud2-1] Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 404

[ESIJa-raud1-2] Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 402

[3] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193

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