روحانی

See also: روحاني

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُوحَانِيّ (rūḥāniyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾuː.hɑː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.ɦɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.ɦɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rʊ.wɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ru.wɔː.ní]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹow.hɒː.níː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹow.hɒː.níː]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɹoː.ɦɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵ.hɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	rūhānī
Dari reading?	rūhānī
Iranian reading?	ruhâni
Tajik reading?	rühoni

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Noun

روحانی • (rowhâni) (plural روحانیون (rowhâniyyun) or روحانی‌ها (rowhâni-hâ) or روحانیان (rowhâniân))

1. clergyman

Adjective

روحانی • (rowhâni)

1. good, agreeable
2. clean, pure
3. spiritual
4. holy

Proper noun

روحانی • (rowhâni)

1. a surname, Rohani, Rouhani, Rowhani, or Rawhani.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روحانی (rūhānī), from Arabic رُوحَانِيّ (rūḥāniyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾuː.ɦɑː.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: رُو‧حا‧نی

Adjective

رُوحانی • (rūhānī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling रूहानी)

1. spiritual (as opposed to physical)

   Antonym: جِسْمانی (jismānī)

2. holy; pure
3. wholehearted

Further reading

• “روحانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “روحانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روحانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “روحانی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.