روزہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza). First attested as Old Punjabi ਰੋਜਾ (rojā).

روزہ • (rozā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੋਜ਼ਾ)

1. fast (abstinence from food)

   Synonyms: فاقہ (fākā), ورت (varat)

2. (Islam) the fast during the month of Ramadan

Borrowed from Classical Persian روزه (roza).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.zɑ(ː)/

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• Hyphenation: رو‧زَہ

روزَہ • (roza) m (Hindi spelling रोज़ा)

1. fast (abstention from food)
2. (Islam) sawm (abstaining from food, drink and sex)
3. (by extension):
   1. the month of Ramadan
   2. a day in the month of Ramadan

• “روزہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “روزه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 605
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 349
• “روزہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.