راه

Persian

Alternative forms

ره‎ (rah)

Etymology

From Middle Persian lʾs (/rāh/, “road, way”) from Proto-Iranian *Hrāθáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrātʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-. Compare Old Armenian ռահ (ṙah), borrowed from Middle Iranian.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːh/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːh/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɒːh/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾɔh/

Audio (file)

Noun

Iranian Persian	راه
Dari	راه
Tajik	роҳ (roh)

راه • (râh) (plural راه‌ها‎ (râh-hâ))

Derived terms

شاهراه‎ (šâhrâh)

Related terms

راهی‎ (râhi)
راه رفتن‎ (râh raftan)
راه بردن‎ (râh bordan)
راه‌آهن‎ (râh-âhan)
راه شیری‎ (râh-e širi)

Descendants

→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਹ (rāh)

Shahmukhi script: راه‎ (rāh)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “rāh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 70.

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