روی

See also: زوی, زوى, روى, زوي, and روي

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Noun

روی • (rôy)

  1. (archaic) bronze
  2. zinc

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd), 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /⁠rôy⁠/, “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

Noun

روی • (ruy)

  1. face

Etymology 3

Derived from روی (ruy, "face") (see etymology 2) + ezafe.

Alternative forms

Preposition

روی • (ruy-e)

  1. on, upon
  2. above
Usage notes

In formal speech it is sometimes used with بر (bar): بر روی (bar ruy-e).

Verb

روی • (ruy)

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

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Arabic رَوِيّ (rawiyy).

Noun

روی • (ravi)

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

Noun

روی • (ravi)

  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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