روشن

From Persian روزن‎ (rowzan), روزنه‎ (rowzane).

• IPA^(key): /roːʃən/

روشن (rōšan) m (plural رواشن‎ (rwāšin))

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Inherited from Middle Persian lwšn' (rōšn, “light; bright, light”) or derived from Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬀‎ (raoxšna), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon”). Doublet of رخشان‎ (raxšân, “bright”) and لوخن‎ (loxan, “moon, moonlight”).

Cognates include Latin lūna, Armenian լուսին (lusin), Old Church Slavonic лоуна (luna).

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روشن • (rowšan) (comparative روشن‌تَر‎ (rowšan-tar), superlative روشن‌تَرین‎ (rowšan-tarin))

1. light
2. lit
3. alight
4. bright
5. clear
6. on

• خاموش‎ (xâmuš)

• روشن کردن‎ (rowšan kardan)
• روشنی‎ (rowšani)

• → Bengali: রওশন (roōśon)
• → Gujarati: રોશન (rośan)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: रौशन (rauśan), रोशन (rośan)
  • Urdu: روشن‎ (rauśan, rośan)
• → Punjabi: rauśan, rośan

  Gurmukhi: ਰੋਸ਼ਨ

  Shahmukhi: روشن‎

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “rōšn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 72.

From Classical Persian روشن‎ (rawšan).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɔː.ʃən/, /ɾoː.ʃən/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɾɔː.ʃən/, /ɾoː.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: رَو‧شَن

رَوشَن • (rauśan) (Hindi spelling रौशन)

1. bright, shining, luminous
2. illuminated; lit, alight
3. manifest, evident, clear
4. splendid; good
5. enlightened

• روشن گر‎ (rauśan-gar, “illuminator”)
• رَوشَن دِل‎ (rauśan-dil, “enlightened heart”)

• روشنی‎ (rauśnī)

• “روشن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “روشن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “روشن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “روشن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.