Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ráwčikah

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

*ráwčikah n

sustenance
daily bread

Descendants

Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: rozî (perhaps via Persian)
- Medo-Parthian: [Term?]
  - Old Tati:
    Old Azari: روژی‎ (rōžī)
  - Parthian: [script needed] (rwcyg /rōžīg/)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/rōzīg/, “daily bread, sustenance”)
  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (rwzyg)
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwcyk')
  - Classical Persian: روزی‎ (rōzī)
    - Iranian Persian: روزی‎ (rūzī)
    - Dari: روزی‎ (rōzī)
    - Tajik: рӯзӣ (rüzī)
- → Sogdian: [script needed] (rwcyk /rōčīk/, “provisions”)
- → Old Armenian: ռոճիկ (ṙočik)
  - Old Georgian: როჭიკი (roč̣iḳi)
- → Classical Syriac: ܪܘܙܝܩܐ‎ (rōzīqā)
- → Arabic: رِزْق‎ (rizq)