رضا

Arabic

Alternative forms

• رِضًى (riḍan)

Etymology

From the roots ر ض و (r-ḍ-w) and ر ض ي (r-ḍ-y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri.dˤaː/

Noun

رِضَا • (riḍā) m (dual رِضَوَان (riḍawān))

1. verbal noun of رَضِيَ (raḍiya) (form I)

   هَلْ تُعَبِّرُ عَنْ عَدَمِ الرِّضَا عَنْ إِيمَانِنَا؟

   hal tuʕabbiru ʕan ʕadami r-riḍā ʕan ʔīmāninā?

   Are you expressing dissatisfaction with our faith?

2. contentedness, satisfaction, fulfillment, being well pleased
3. consent, permission

   Synonym: إِذْن (ʔiḏn)

   • 644 CE, عَمْرو بْن أَحْمَر الْبَاهِلِيّ [ʕamr ibn ʔaḥmar al-bāhiliyy], edited by حُسَيْن عَطْوَان [ḥusayn ʕaṭwān], شعر عمرو بن أحمر الباهلي, مطبوعات مجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق, page 45:

     لَا تُقْمِرَنَّ عَلَى قَمْرٍ وَلَيْلَتِهِ، / لَا عَنْ رِضَاكَ، وَلَا بِالكُرْهِ، مُغْتَصِبَا

     lā tuqmiranna ʕalā qamrin walaylatihi, / lā ʕan riḍāka, walā bi-l-kurhi, muḡtaṣibā

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. acquiescence, acceptance
5. favor
   1. gladness
   2. backing, support

Declension

Declension of noun رِضَا (riḍā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِضَا riḍā	الرِّضَا ar-riḍā	رِضَا riḍā
Nominative	رِضَا riḍā	الرِّضَا ar-riḍā	رِضَا riḍā
Accusative	رِضَا riḍā	الرِّضَا ar-riḍā	رِضَا riḍā
Genitive	رِضَا riḍā	الرِّضَا ar-riḍā	رِضَا riḍā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِضَوَيْن riḍawayn	الرِّضَوَيْن ar-riḍawayn	رِضَوَيْ riḍaway
Nominative	رِضَوَانِ riḍawāni	الرِّضَوَانِ ar-riḍawāni	رِضَوَا riḍawā
Accusative	رِضَوَيْنِ riḍawayni	الرِّضَوَيْنِ ar-riḍawayni	رِضَوَيْ riḍaway
Genitive	رِضَوَيْنِ riḍawayni	الرِّضَوَيْنِ ar-riḍawayni	رِضَوَيْ riḍaway

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: riza
• → Bashkir: риза (riza)
• → Kazakh: ырза (yrza), риза (riza)
• → Persian: رضا (rezâ)
  • → Punjabi: ਰਜ਼ਾ (razā)
  • → Marathi: रजा (rajā)
    • → Kannada: ರಜೆ (raje)
  • → Urdu: رضا
    • → Ushojo: رضا
• → Ottoman Turkish: رضا (rıza)
  • Turkish: rıza
  • → Crimean Tatar: riza
• → Tarifit: arriḍa
• → Uzbek: rizo

Proper noun

رِضَا • (riḍā) m

1. a male given name
2. (definite) ʿAlī al-Riḍā, the 8th Shia Imam and an important Muslim figure in the Abbasid era.

Declension

Declension of noun رِضَا (riḍā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	رِضَا riḍā	—
Nominative	—	رِضَا riḍā	—
Accusative	—	رِضَا riḍā	—
Genitive	—	رِضَا riḍā	—

Derived terms

• رَضَوِيّ (raḍawiyy)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رضا”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رِضًا (riḍan).

Proper noun

رضا • (Rıza)

1. a male given name from Arabic

Descendants

• Turkish: Rıza

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic رِضًا (riḍan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾi.ˈzɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.ˈzɑː], [rɪ.ˈzɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.ˈzɑː], [rɪ.ˈzɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rä.ˈzɑː], [rɪ.ˈzɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rä.ˈzɔː], [ri.ˈzɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹe.ˈzɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾi.ˈzɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	riḏā
Dari reading?	razā, rizā
Iranian reading?	rezâ
Tajik reading?	rizo

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Noun

رضا • (rezâ)

Dari	رضا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ризо

1. agreement
2. satisfaction
3. accord

Related terms

• رضایت (rezâyat)
• راضی (râzi)

Descendants

• → Punjabi: ਰਜ਼ਾ (razā)

Proper noun

رضا • (rezâ)

Dari	رضا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ризо

1. a male given name, Reza, Raza, Riza, Rezā, Rizā, or Razā, from Arabic

Derived terms

• رضایی (rezâyi)

Related terms

• رضوی (razavi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رضا (rizā), from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.zɑː/

Noun

رضا • (razā) f (Hindi spelling रज़ा)

1. pleasure
2. will
3. content
4. approval
5. consent
6. permission
7. agreement
8. accord

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu رضا (razā).

Noun

رضا (razā)

1. pleasure
2. will
3. content
4. approval
5. consent
6. permission
7. agreement
8. accord