روزگار

See also: روزكار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (rōzkār, “day, a day's work”), from 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz [YWM], “day”), from Old Persian [script needed] (raučah-, “day”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”) + [script needed] (kār).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾoːz.ˈɡaːɾ/, /ɾoː.zi.ˈɡaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːz.ɡɑːɾ], [roː.zɪ.ɡɑːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [roːz.ɡɑːɾ], [roː.zɪ.ɡɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊːz.ɡɔːɾ], [ru.zi.ɡɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuːz.ɡɒːɹ], [ɹuː.ze.ɡɒːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵz.ɡɔɾ], [ɾɵ.zi.ɡɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	rōzgār, rōzigār
Dari reading^?	rōzgār, rōzigār
Iranian reading^?	ruzgâr, ruzegâr
Tajik reading^?	rüzgor, rüzigor

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

روزگار • (ruzgâr, ruzegâr)

Descendants

→ Bengali: রোজগার (rōjgar)
→ Gujarati: રોજગાર (rojgār)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: रोज़गार (rozgār)

Urdu: روزگار (rozgār)
→ Ottoman Turkish: روزكار (rüzgâr)
- Turkish: rüzgâr
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਰੁਜ਼ਗਾਰ (ruzgār)

Shahmukhi script: روزگار (ruzgār)