Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ráwčaka

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Iranian: *ráwčah.

Noun

*ráwčaka n

fasting
fast

Descendants

Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: روژه‎ (rožá) (perhaps via Western Iranian)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: روچگ‎ (rōčag)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: ڕۆژوو‎‎ (řōžū)
  Northern Kurdish: rojî (řōžī), rojû (řōžū), rocî (řōǰī)
  Southern Kurdish: ڕووژگ‎ (řūžig), ڕووژە‎ (řūža), ڕووژێ‎ (řūžē)
  Laki: ڕووژە‎ (řūža)
- Medo-Parthian: *ráwǰaka
  - Caspian:
    - Mazanderani: روزه‎ (ruze)
  - Old Median: *ráwǰaka
    - Middle Median: *rṓžak
      - Kermanic:
        Zoroastrian Dari: روژه‎ (ruža)
      - Talysh: [script needed] (ruža)
        Northern Talysh: rujə
        Southern Talysh: روژه‎
      - Old Tati:
        Old Azari: روژه‎ (rōža)
        Harzani: روژا (ružā)
        Karingani: روژا (rüžā)
  - Parthian: [script needed] (rwcg /rōžag/)
  - Zaza-Gorani: [Term?]
    - Gurani: ڕۆچە‎ (řōča), ڕۆچێ‎ (řōčē)
    - Zazaki: roce (řōǰa)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [Term?] (/rōzag/)
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwck')
  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (rwcg)
  - Lurish:
    Northern Luri: روزه‎ (ruza)
    Bakhtiari: روزه‎ (ruza)
  - Classical Persian: روزه‎ (rōza)
    - Iranian Persian: روزه‎ (rūze)
    - Dari: روزه‎ (rōza)
    - Tajik: рӯза (rüza)
  - → Urdu: روزه‎ (ruza)
  - → Uzbek: roʻza
  - → Azerbaijani:
    Latin: oruc
    Arabic: اروج‎ (oruj)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: اروز‎ (orauz)
    - → Turkish: oruç
  - → Tatar: ураза (uraza)
  - → Kazakh: ораза (oraza)
  - → Kyrgyz: орозо (orozo)