روس

See also: روش‎ and زوش‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs), English Rus, German Russe or Russian Русь (Rusʹ).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ruːs/

Noun

رُوس • (rūs) m pl or f (collective, singulative رُوسِيّ‎ f (rūsiyy), paucal رُوس (rūs))

  1. Russians (plural)
  2. (historical) Rus (feminine singular)
    ‏رُوس الْكِيِيفِيَّة‎ ― rūs al-kiyīfiyya ― Kievan Rus
Declension

Adjective

رُوس • (rūs) m pl

  1. masculine plural of رُوسِيّ‎ (rūsiyy)

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /raw.wa.sa/

Verb

رَوَّسَ • (rawwasa) II, non-past يُرَوِّسُ‎‎ (yurawwisu)

  1. to Russify, to make Russian
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “روس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُوس‎ (rūs, “Russians, Rus”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Dari روس
Iranian Persian
Tajik рус (rus)

روس • (rus) (plural روس‌ها‎ (rus-hâ))

  1. Russian

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian روس‎ (rus), from Arabic رُوس‎ (rūs), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

رُوس • (rūs) m (Hindi spelling रूस)

  1. Russia (a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

Derived terms

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