روس

See also: روش and زوش

Arabic

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs), English Rus, German Russe or Russian Русь (Rusʹ).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ruːs/

Noun

رُوس • (rūs) m pl or f (collective, singulative رُوسِيّ f (rūsiyy), paucal رُوس (rūs))

  1. Russians (plural)
  2. (historical) Rus (feminine singular)
    رُوس الْكِيِيفِيَّةrūs al-kiyīfiyyaKievan Rus
Declension

Adjective

رُوس • (rūs) m pl

  1. masculine plural of رُوسِيّ (rūsiyy)

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /raw.wa.sa/

Verb

رَوَّسَ • (rawwasa) II, non-past يُرَوِّسُ‎ (yurawwisu)

  1. to Russify, to make Russian
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “روس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُوس (rūs, Russians, Rus), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? rūs
Dari reading? rūs
Iranian reading? rus
Tajik reading? rus
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Noun

Dari روس
Iranian Persian
Tajik рус

روس • (rus) (plural روس‌ها (rus-hâ))

  1. Russian

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روس (rūs), from Arabic رُوس (rūs), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

رُوس • (rūs) m (Hindi spelling रूस)

  1. Russia (The largest country in the world, a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

Derived terms

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