# ruh
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish رُوحْ (rūh), from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruh/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ruh (definite accusative ruhu, plural ruhlar)
* spirit
* mind
    Sağlam bədəndə sağlam ruh olar.A healthy mind in a healthy body.
* ghost

#### Derived terms

* ruhi
* ruhlanmaq
** ruhlandırmaq

#### Related terms

* əhli-ruh

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Arabic رُوح (rūḥ).

### Noun

ruh
* soul
* (chess) rook
    Synonyms: tura, qale

#### Derived terms

* ruhlandırmaq
* ruhlandıruv
* ruhlanmaq
* ruhlanuv

### References

* “ruh”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish رُوحْ (rūh), from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ). Compare Turkish ruh, Azerbaijani ruh. Unrelated to duh (spirit), which is a borrowing from Russian.

### Etymology

* IPA: /ruh/

### Noun

ruh (definite accusative ruhu, plural ruhlar)
* spirit (spiritual material)
    Synonym: duh
* soul (an individual spirit)
* mind
* (philosophy, religion) geist, spirit, soul, ghost (spiritual source)
    Ayoz Ruhthe Holy Spirit

#### Derived terms

* ruhlu
* ruhsuz

### Further reading

* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 135
* Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 66

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Arabic رُوح (rūḥ, “soul”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrʊh]
* Hyphenation: roh

### Noun

ruh (plural ruh-ruh)
* (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of roh (“spirit, soul, life”)

## Mizo
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ruʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus.

### Noun

ruh
* bone

### Adjective

ruh
* hard
* boney

### References

* Matisoff, James A., Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman, University of California Press.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz. Cognate with Middle Low German rūch, Middle Dutch ruuch, ru, rou (Dutch ruig, ruw, rouw), Old High German rūh (German rau).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruːx/

### Adjective

rūh
* rough, hairy
** Min broðer ys ruh and ic eom smeðe ― my brother is hairy and I am smooth. (Genesis)

#### Declension

with stem rūg-:
with stem rūw-:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: roughe, rugh
** English: rough
** Scots: roch
** Yola: rugh

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz, whence also Old English rūh.

### Adjective

rūh
* rough

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: rūch
** German: rau(h)
** Yiddish: רוי (roy)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish روح (ruh), from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ, “soul”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾuh/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ruh (definite accusative ruhu, plural ruhlar or (dated) ervah)
* soul, spirit
    Synonym: tin

#### Derived terms

* hâletiruhiye

## Uzbek

Other scripts :
| Yangi Imlo | |
| Cyrillic | руҳ‍ |
| Latin | ruh‍ |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) | |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ, “soul”).

### Noun

ruh (plural ruhlar)
* ghost, soul, spirit

#### Declension
## Zazaki
### Alternative forms

* roh

### Etymology

From Arabic رُوح (rūḥ, “soul”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾuː/
* Hyphenation: ruh

### Noun

ruh
* soul, spirit