rizá

See also: riza, rıza, Rıza, and riža

Ladino

Alternative forms

• riza, rida, ridá (Istanbul, Jerusalem, Plovdiv)

Etymology

Presumably from Ottoman Turkish رضا (rıza), from Arabic رِضًا (riḍan). The semantic transfer from 'consent' to 'handkerchief' may have something to do with the Ottoman sultan's custom of choosing one woman in a harem by giving her a handkerchief.

Noun

rizá f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ריזה)

1. (Izmir, Salonika, Sarajevo) handkerchief

   Synonyms: panyuelo, tavayol (Sarajevo)

   • 1998, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Mil i un Djoha‎^[1], Matilda Koén-Sarano, page 14:

     En la mano tiene una rizá estrechada en el punyo i lo d’afuera komo una roza al derredor de la mano.

     She has in hand a handkerchief crumpled in her fist and like a rose around the hand from outside.

Spanish

Verb

rizá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of rizar