روزی

See also: زوري

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian lwcyk' (rōzīg, daily bread, sustenance), from 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz [YWM], day). Compare Old Armenian ռոճիկ (ṙočik), Old Georgian როჭი (roč̣i), როჭიკი (roč̣iḳi), Classical Syriac ܪܘܙܝܩܐ (rōzīqā), ܪܙܩܐ (rezqā), Arabic رِزْق (rizq), all Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɾɵˈzi/

Noun

Dari روزی
Iranian Persian
Tajik рӯзӣ (rüzī)

روزی (ruzi)

  1. sustenance, daily bread

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: रोज़ी (rozī)
    Urdu: روزی
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਜ਼ੀ (rozī)
    Shahmukhi script: روزی (rozī)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), ռոճիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 145–146
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 129, pages 139–140
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 234
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 72
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