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راز

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See also: زار

Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian lʾc (rāz, “secret, mystery”), from Old Persian *𐎼𐎠𐏀 (*rāza-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raȷ́ʰ- (“secret, mystery; to abandon”). Related to رستن (rastan, “set free, leave, escape”), and رها (rahâ, “free, liberated”).

Cognates with Parthian 𐫡𐫀𐫉 (rʾz /⁠rāz⁠/), and Sanskrit रहस्य (rahasya, “secret, mystery, clandestine”).

Also compare Old Armenian երազ (eraz), Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ, “mystery”), Hebrew רָז (rāz), Classical Syriac ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzā), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

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Dari راز
Iranian Persian
Tajik роз

راز • (râz) (plural رازها (râz-hâ))

  1. secret
  2. mystery
Descendants
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  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਜ਼ (rāz)
    Shahmukhi script: راز (rāz)

Etymology 2

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Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ćš.

Noun

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Dari راز
Iranian Persian
Tajik роз

راز • (râz) (plural رازها (râz-hâ) or رازان (râzân))

  1. hornet
  2. bee

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian رَاز (rāz). First attested in c. 1636 as Middle Hindi راز (raz).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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راز • (rāz) m (formal plural رازْہا (rāzhā), Hindi spelling राज़)

  1. secret; mystery
    Synonym: بھید (bhed)

Adjective

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راز • (rāz) (Hindi spelling राज़)

  1. confidential; clandestine

References

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  1. ^ “راز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

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More information
  • “راز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “راز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “راز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “راز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “راز”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu راز (rāz).

Noun

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راز (rāz)

  1. secret
  2. mystery
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