رجا

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Arabic

Root
ر ج و (r j w)
5 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.d͡ʒaː/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

رَجَا (rajā) I (non-past يَرْجُو (yarjū), verbal noun رَجَاء (rajāʔ) or رَجَاة (rajāh) or مَرْجَاة (marjāh))

  1. (transitive) to hope (to want something to happen)
    Synonym: أَمَلَ (ʔamala)
  2. transitive, with conjunction أَن (ʔan), to implore, to beg, to ask someone to do something.
    • 1980, التطاهر وطار, الحوات والقصر
      رجاه أَن يبقى يوما آخر
      rajāhu ʔan yabqā yawman ʔāḵaran
      He begged him to stay one more day

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

Noun

رجا (recâ, vulg. rica)

  1. request
  2. invite
  3. supplication
  4. prayer

Descendants

  • Turkish: rica

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? rajā
Dari reading? rajā
Iranian reading? rajâ
Tajik reading? rajo

Noun

رجا (rajâ)

  1. hope
    Synonym: امید (omid)

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Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَجا (rajāf (Hindi spelling रजा)

  1. hope, expectation
  2. prayer, supplication, intercession

Further reading

  • رجا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “رجا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • رجا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.