روزہ
See also: روزه
Old Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). Compare Old Hindi रोजा (rojā).
Noun
روزَہ (rozah) m (Gurmukhi ਰੋਜਾ)
Descendants
Further reading
- Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਰੋਜਾ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 256
- “ਰੋਜਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
Pahari-Potwari
Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). First attested as Old Punjabi روزَہ (rozah).
Noun
روزہ (rozah)
- fast (abstinence from food)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). First attested as Old Punjabi روزَہ (rozah).
Noun
روزہ • (rozā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੋਜ਼ਾ)
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾoː.zɑ(ː)/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Hyphenation: رو‧زَہ
Etymology 1
First attested in c. 1657 as Middle Hindi روزہ (roza),[1] borrowed from Classical Persian روزَه (rōza).
Noun
روزَہ • (roza) m (Hindi spelling रोज़ा)
- fast (abstention from food)
- (Islam) sawm (abstaining from food, drink and sex)
- (by extension):
- (rare) starvation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | روزَہ (rozah) | روزے (roze) |
| oblique | روزے (roze) | روزوں (rozõ) |
| vocative | روزے (roze) | روزو (rozo) |
Etymology 2
By surface analysis, روز (roz, “day”) + ہ (h).
Adjective
روزَہ • (roza) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling रोज़ा) (literary, formal)
References
Further reading
More information
- “روزہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 349
- Platts, John T. (1884) “روزه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 605
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “روزه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “روزه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC