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.dˤan/

Noun

رِضًا • (riḍan) m (dual رِضَوَان (riḍawān))

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?
contentedness, satisfaction, fulfillment, being well pleased
consent, permission
Synonym: إِذْن (ʔiḏn)
- 644 CE, عَمْرو بْن أَحْمَر الْبَاهِلِيّ [ʕamr ibn ʔaḥmar al-bāhiliyy], compiled 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)
acquiescence, acceptance
favor
1. gladness
2. backing, support

Declension

Declension of noun **رِضًا** (riḍan)
singular	singular in ـًا (-an)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رِضَا riḍā	الرِّضَا ar-riḍā	رِضَا riḍā
nominative	رِضًا riḍan	الرِّضَا ar-riḍā	رِضَا riḍā
accusative	رِضًا riḍan	الرِّضَا ar-riḍā	رِضَا riḍā
genitive	رِضًا riḍan	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)
→ Malay: rela, reda
- Indonesian: rela, rida
→ Persian: رضا (rezâ) (see there for further descendants)
→ Ottoman Turkish: رضا (rıza)
→ Tarifit: arriḍa
→ Uzbek: rizo

Proper noun

رِضَا • (riḍā) m

a male given name
(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
singular	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

Malay

Adjective

رضا

Jawi spelling of reda.‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رِضًا (riḍan).

Proper noun

رضا • (Rıza)

a male given name from Arabic

Descendants

- Turkish: rıza
- → Crimean Tatar: riza

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِضًا (riḍan).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾi.ˈzaː/

(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^?	rizā
Dari reading^?	razā, rizā
Iranian reading^?	rezâ
Tajik reading^?	rizo

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

رضا • (rizā / rezâ) (Tajik spelling ризо)

Related terms

رضایت (rezâyat)
راضی (râzi)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: રજા (rajā)
→ Marathi: रजा (rajā)
- → Kannada: ರಜೆ (raje)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: रज़ा (razā)

Urdu: رضا
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਰਜ਼ਾ (razā)

Shahmukhi script: رَضا (raẓā)

Proper noun

رضا • (rizā / rezâ) (Tajik spelling Ризо)

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

Derived terms

رضایی (rezâyi)

Related terms

رضوی (razavi)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.zɑː/

Noun

رضا • (razā) f (Hindi spelling रज़ा)

Descendants

→ Ushojo: رضا (rażā)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu رضا (razā), from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā).

Noun

رضا (razā)