# روز
## Andalusian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

### Noun

رَوْز (rawz)
* rice

#### Descendants

* → Asturian: arroz
* → Old Galician-Portuguese:
** Galician: arroz
** Portuguese: arroz
*** → Kaingang: aronh
* → Old Spanish: arroz
** Spanish: arroz
*** → Navajo: alóós
*** → Ye'kwana: ado
** Ladino: arroz

### References

* Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 222

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruːz/

### Noun

روز • (rūz) m (collective)
* rice

#### Descendants

* → Tarifit: aṛṛuẓ

## Persian
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (yʿm), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h), from Proto-Iranian *ráwčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas. Compare Indo-Iranian cognates Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah, “light, day”)) and Sanskrit रोचते (rocate, “to shine, to be bright”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɾoːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [roːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [roːz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [roːz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [rʊːz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ɹuːz]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ɾɵz]
* Audio (Dari):(file)
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

| Dari | روز |
| Iranian Persian | روز |
| Tajik | рӯз |
روز • (rōz / ruz) (plural روزها or روزان)
* day
    ۳ روز است که پدرشان گم شده.
       Se ruz ast ke pedarešân gom šode. (more literary)
    ۳ روزه که پدرشون گم شده.
       Se ruz-e ke pedarešun gom šode. (more colloquial)
          Their father's been missing for three days.
             (Literally, “It is three days that their father has gone missing.”)
* daylight
* daytime

#### Derived terms

* امروز (imrōz / emruz)
* بهروز (bihrōz / behruz)
* دیروز (dīrōz / diruz)
* روزانه (rōzāna / ruzâne)
* روزبه‌روز (rōz-ba-rōz / ruz-be-ruz)
* روزمره (rōzmarra / ruzmarre)
* روزنامه (rōznāma / ruznâme)
* روزه (rōza / ruze)
* روزگار (rōzgār / ruzgâr)
* روزی (rōzī / ruzi)
* روزی روزگاری (rōzē rōzgārī / ruzi ruzgâri)
* شهروز (šahrōz / šahruz)
* نوروز (nawrōz / nowruz)
* نیمروز (nīmrōz / nimruz)

#### Descendants

* → Old Gujarati: रोज (roja)
** Gujarati: રોજ (roj)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: रोज़ (roz)
    Urdu: روز (roz)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਜ਼ (roz)
    Shahmukhi script: روز (roz)
* → Telugu: రోజు (rōju)
* → Tamil: ரோஜ் (rōj)
* → Bengali: রোজ (rōj)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), a variant of Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

### Noun

روز • (rōz) m (collective, singulative روزة f (rōze))
* Alternative form of رزّ (rozz)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روز (rōz).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɾoːz/
* Rhymes: -oːz

### Noun

روز • (roz) m (Hindi spelling रोज़)
* daily, everyday
    Synonym: روزانہ (rozāna)
* day
    Synonyms: دن (din), یوم (yaum)
* period, age, time
    Synonym: زمانہ (zāmāna)

### Adverb

روز • (roz)
* daily
* always

### Further reading

* “روز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* “روز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu روزہ (rōzah).

### Noun

روز (rōz)
* fasting