روی

See also: زوی, زوى, روى, زوي, and روي

Persian

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /⁠rōy⁠/, “copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdáh (“copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdʰás.[1]

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     
     

    Readings
    Classical reading? rōy
    Dari reading? rōy
    Iranian reading? ruy
    Tajik reading? rüy

    Noun

    روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

    1. (archaic) bronze
    2. zinc

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /⁠rōy⁠/, “face”), from Proto-Iranian *rauda- (“appearance”) (with semantic shift "growth, development" > "appearance"), from Proto-Iranian *Hraud- (“to grow (bigger)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”).[2][3]

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? rōy
      Dari reading? rōy
      Iranian reading? ruy
      Tajik reading? rüy

      Noun

      روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

      1. face

      Preposition

      روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй) (with ezafe)

      1. on, upon
      2. above
      Usage notes

      In formal speech it is sometimes used with بر (bar): بر روی (bar rō-yi / bar ru-ye).

      Etymology 3

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? rōy
      Dari reading? rōy
      Iranian reading? ruy
      Tajik reading? rüy

      Verb

      روی • (rōy / ruy) (Tajik spelling рӯй)

      1. present stem form of رستن (rustan / rostan, “to grow”)
      2. present stem form of روییدن (rōyīdan / ruyidan)

      Etymology 4

      Borrowed from Arabic رَوِيّ (rawiyy).

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? rawī
      Dari reading? rawī
      Iranian reading? ravi
      Tajik reading? ravi

      Noun

      روی • (rawī / ravi) (Tajik spelling равӣ)

      1. the last letter of a distich, in which all the verses in the same poem terminate

      Etymology 5

      From رو (raw / row) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, noun forming suffix)

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? rawī
      Dari reading? rawī
      Iranian reading? ravi
      Tajik reading? ravi

      Noun

      روی • (rawī / ravi) (Tajik spelling равӣ)

      1. journey, progress

      References

      1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 404
      2. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 402
      3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193

      Urdu

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      روی • (ravi) m (Hindi spelling रवि)

      1. sun
        Synonyms: خورشید (xvuršed), سورج (sūraj), سوریہ (sūrya), شمس (śams)

      Derived terms

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