رجاء

Morphologically from the root ر ج و (r j w).

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒaːʔ/

رَجَاء • (rajāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of رَجَا (rajā) (form I)
2. hope

   مَن أَسَرَهُ رَجَاؤُهُ، طَالَ عَنَاؤُهُ، وَعَظُمَ بَلَاؤُهُ

   man ʔasarahu rajāʔuhu, ṭāla ʕanāʔuhu, waʕaẓuma balāʔuhu

   Whoever is captivated by his hope, has his suffering prolonged and his misery soared.

3. expectation
4. urgent request

• → Azerbaijani: rica
• → Chagatai: رجا
  • Uzbek: rajo
• → Ottoman Turkish: رجا (recâ, vulg. rica)
  • Turkish: rica
  • Crimean Tatar: rica
• → Persian: رجا (rajâ)
• → Urdu: رَجا (rajā)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رجاء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN