Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ráwčikah

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *ráwčah +‎ *-ikah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas (“day”) and *-ikas.

Noun

*ráwčikah n

1. sustenance
2. daily bread

Descendants

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: ڕۆژی (rojî)

    Northern Kurdish: rozî (perhaps via Persian)

    Southern Kurdish: ڕووژێ (řūžē)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Caspian
      • Old Mazanderani: روجی (rōjī)
    • Old Tati:

      Old Azari: روژی (rōžī)

    • Parthian: [script needed] (rwcyg /⁠rōžīg⁠/)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: lwcyk' (/⁠rōzīg⁠/, “daily bread, sustenance”)

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (rwzyg)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwcyk')

    • Classical Persian: روزی (rōzī)
      • Iranian Persian: روزی (rūzī)
      • Dari: روزی (rōzī)
      • Tajik: рӯзӣ (rüzi)
  • → Sogdian: [script needed] (rwcyk /⁠rōčīk⁠/, “provisions”)
  • → Old Armenian: ռոճիկ (ṙočik)
    • Old Georgian: როჭიკი (roč̣iḳi)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܪܘܙܝܩܐ (rōzīqā)
  • → Arabic: رِزْق (rizq)