رود

Cognate with Larestani رود (rud, “son”) and Southern Luri رود (rūd, “child, offspring”)

رود (rud)

1. (Old Azari) son
2. (Old Azari) child
   • 15th century, Pir Zehtab Tabrizi

     ای اسکندر
     رودم کشتی
     رودت کشاد

     ay Iskandar, rud-am kuštī, rud-at kušâd!

     Oh Iskandar, you killed my son; may your son perish as well!

Inherited from Middle Persian lwd (/⁠rōd⁠/, “river”), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎫 (r-u-t /⁠rautaʰ⁠⁠/, “river, torrent”), from Proto-Iranian *hráwtah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sráwtas, from Proto-Indo-European *srew-, possibly from *ser-.

• Rhymes: -uːd

رود • (rōd, rūd / rud) (plural رودها (rōd-hā, rūd-hā / rud-hâ), Tajik spelling рӯд, or руд)

1. river
2. torrent

• دریا (daryâ)
• رودخانه (rôdxâne)
• نهر (nahr)
• آب (âb)

• ورارود (varârud)
• رودخانه (rudxâne)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रूद (rūd)

  Urdu: رُود (rūd)

رود • (rôd) (plural رودها)

1. (obsolete) musical instrument
2. (obsolete) song

Borrowed from Classical Persian رُود (rūd), from Middle Persian lwd (/⁠rōd⁠/, “river”), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎫 (r-u-t /⁠rautaʰ⁠⁠/, “river, torrent”), from Proto-Iranian *hráwtah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sráwtas, from Proto-Indo-European *srew-, possibly from *ser-.

رود • (rūd) f (Hindi spelling रूद)

1. river

   Synonym: دریا (daryā)

2. stream, torrent

• رُود خانَہ (rūd-xāna, “riverbed”)
• رُود بار (rūd-bār)
• زِندَہ رُود (zinda-rūd, “great river”)
• خُشک رُود (xuśk-rūd, “dried riverbed; channel”, literally “dry river”)
• آب رُود (āb-rūd, “spikenard”)

• “رود”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “رود”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “رود”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “رود”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.