rezeki

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic رِزْقِ (rizqi), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭩𐭪 (rōzīg, “sustenance, daily bread”), from Middle Persian lwcyk' (rōzīg, “daily bread, sustenance”), from 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz [YWM], “day”), from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨 (raučah-, “day”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwčati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rə.zə.ˈki/
• Hyphenation: rê‧zê‧ki

Noun

rezeki (first-person possessive rezekiku, second-person possessive rezekimu, third-person possessive rezekinya)

1. daily wage, livelihood, subsistence, daily bread, nourishment, sustenance.

Alternative forms

• rejeki, rizeki, rizki (nonstandard Indonesian)

Synonyms

• makanan
• nafkah
• penghidupan
• pendapatan

Further reading

• “rezeki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.