روزنامه

روزنامه

See also: روزنامہ‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian روزنامه‎ (ruznâme, “newspaper; diary”).

Noun

روزنامه • (ruzname)

1. calendar, a document containing dates and other temporal information

   Synonym: تقویم‎ (takvim)

2. diary, journal, a daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer
3. newspaper, journal, a publication containing news and other articles
4. daybook of receipts, expenditures, or current financial transactions

Derived terms

• روزنامه‌جی‎ (ruznameci, “seller of calendars”)
• روزنامچه‎ (ruznamçe, “officer who keeps the daybook”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ruzname

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ruzname”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3984
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “روزنامه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 631
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Calendarium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 136
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “روزنامه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2381
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ruzname”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “روزنامه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 993

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Persian

روزنامه‌ها‎ (ruznâme-hâ, “newspapers”)

Etymology

روز‎ (“day”) +‎ نامه‎ (“book, record, message”). Compare Central Kurdish ڕۆژنامە‎ (rojname).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾoːznɑːˈma/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾoːznɑːˈma/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾuːznɒːˈme/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾɵznɔˈma/

Noun

Dari	روزنامه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рӯзнома (rüznoma)

روزنامه • (ruznâme) (plural روزنامه‌ها‎ (ruznâme-hâ))

1. newspaper
2. diary, daily record

   ‏کتاب روزنامه‌ی غزوات هندوستان‎

   ketâb-e ruznâme-ye ğazavât-e hendustân

   Book of the daily record of the holy wars in Hindustan

   (Title of a fifteenth-century work by Ali Yazdi)

3. daybook, accounting journal

Derived terms

• روزنامه‌فروش‎ (ruz-nâme-foruš)
• روزنامه‌فروشی‎ (ruz-nâme-foruši)
• روزنامه‌نگار‎ (ruz-nâme-negâr, “journalist”)
• روزنامه‌نگاری‎ (ruz-nâme-negâri, “journalism”)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: روزنامة‎
• → Azerbaijani: ruznamə
• → Gulf Arabic: رزنامة‎ (riznāma, “agenda, calendar”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: روزنامه‎
  • Turkish: ruzname
• → Urdu: روزنامہ‎