روزکی

Persian

Etymology

From (ruz, “day”) +‎ (-ak, diminutive suffix) +‎ (-i, indefinite enclitic): "one little day".

Pronunciation

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

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuː.zǽ.kʰʲiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵ.zǽ.kʰe]

Readings
Classical reading^?	rōzákē
Dari reading^?	rōzakē
Iranian reading^?	ruzaki
Tajik reading^?	rüzake

Noun

روزکی • (ruzaki)

a short while; often as (ruzaki chand, “a few short days”)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 253:
  روزکی چندی سخن کوتاه کرد
  مرد بقال از ندامت آه کرد
  rōzakē čandē suxan kōtāh⁠ kard
  mard-i baqqāl az nadāmat āh kard
  For some few days it refrained from speech; the greengrocer, in repentance, heaved deep sighs.