روزه

See also: روزہ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwck' /⁠rōzag⁠/), 𐫡𐫇𐫝𐫃 (rwcg /⁠rōzag⁠/, “fast, fasting”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwčakah (“fasting”). Equivalent to (ruz, “day”) +‎ (-e). Cognate with Baluchi (rōčag) and Southern Kurdish ڕووژە (rûje).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.ˈza/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.zǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [roː.zǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊː.zǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuː.zé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵ.zǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	rōza
Dari reading^?	rōza
Iranian reading^?	ruze
Tajik reading^?	rüza

Noun


Iranian Persian	روزه
Dari	روزه
Tajik	рӯза

روزه • (ruze)

(religion) fast, fasting (abstinence from eating)
1. (Islam) sawm (fasting, particularly in Ramadan)
  - c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 115:
    من غم روزه خورم و مغبچه‌ها باده ناب
    سوختم آه درین شهر مسلمانی هست
    man ġam-i rōza xwaram u muġbačča-hā bāda-yi nāb
    sūxtam āh dar īn šahr musalmānī hast
    I suffer the sorrow of fasting, and the Magian children drink pure wine;
    I burn in anguish! Alas that there is Islam in this town!
    (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

روزه گرفتن (ruze gereftan)

Descendants

→ Assamese: ৰোজা (rüza)
→ Bengali: রোজা (rōja)
→ Gujarati: રોજો (rojo)
→ Old Hindi: रोजा (rojā)
- Hindustani: rozā
  Hindi: रोज़ा
  Urdu: روزَہ (roza)
→ Maithili: rōjā
Devanagari script: रोजा

Tirhuta script: 𑒩𑒼𑒖𑒰
→ Marwari: रोजा (rojā)
→ Old Punjabi: ਰੋਜਾ (rojā)
- Punjabi: rozā
  Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਜ਼ਾ
  Shahmukhi script: روزہ
→ Ottoman Turkish: اوروج (oruc)
- Turkish: oruç
→ Sindhi:
Arabic script: روزو

Devanagari script: रोज़ो