روضه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَوْضَة (“garden”). The religious sense is generalized from the title of the book روضة الشهدا (rowzat-osh-shohadâ, “Garden of the Martyrs”), an extremely popular work describing the tragedy at Karbala written by Husayn Kâshefi (lived 1436—1504).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾaw.ˈza]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räw.zǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räw.zǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [räw.zǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räw.zǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹow.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäw.zǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rawza
Dari reading?	rawza
Iranian reading?	rowze
Tajik reading?	ravza

Noun

روضه • (rowze)

1. (Shia Islam) eulogy of the Battle of Karbala

   روضه شب عاشورا ― rowze-ye šab-e âšurâ ― eulogy of the night of Ashura

2. (archaic or Islam) garden

   روضه بهشت ― rowze-ye behešt ― garden of paradise

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 309”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     بزم‌گاهی دل‌نشان، چون قصر فردوس برین
     گلشنی پیرامنش چون روضهٔ دارالسلام

     bazm-gāhē dil-nišān, čūn qasr-i firdaws-e barīn
     gulšanē pērāmun-aš čūn rawza-yi dār-os-salām

     A banquet place which soothes the heart, like the castle of highest paradise,
     A rose field whose surroundings are like the garden of the Abode of Peace.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• روضه رضوان (rowze-ye rezvân, “Paradise”, literally “Garden of Riḍwān”)