راز

From Middle Persian lʾc (rāz, “secret, mystery”), from Old Persian *𐎼𐎠𐏀 (*rāza-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raȷ́ʰ- (“secret, mystery; to abandon”). Related to رستن (rastan, “set free, leave, escape”), and رها (rahâ, “free, liberated”).

Cognates with Parthian 𐫡𐫀𐫉 (rʾz /⁠rāz⁠/), and Sanskrit रहस्य (rahasya, “secret, mystery, clandestine”).

Also compare Old Armenian երազ (eraz), Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ, “mystery”), Hebrew רָז (rāz), Classical Syriac ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzā), Iranian borrowings.

راز • (râz) (plural رازها (râz-hâ))

1. secret
2. mystery

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਜ਼ (rāz)

  Shahmukhi script: راز (rāz)

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ćš.

راز • (râz) (plural رازها (râz-hâ) or رازان (râzân))

1. hornet
2. bee

Borrowed from Classical Persian راز (rāz).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːz/

راز • (rāz) m (Hindi spelling राज़)

1. secret
2. mystery

راز • (rāz) (Hindi spelling राज़)

1. confidential; clandestine

• “راز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “راز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “راز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• “راز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

From Urdu راز (rāz).

راز (rāz)

1. secret
2. mystery