राज़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian راضی (rāzī), from Arabic رَاضٍ (rāḍin). Compare Gujarati રાજી (rājī), Marathi राजी (rājī), Punjabi ਰਾਜ਼ੀ (rāzī) / راضی (rāẓī), Sindhi راضيِ / राज़ी, Odia ରାଜି (raji), Maithili राजी (rājī) / 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑒲 (rājī), Bengali রাজি (raji), Assamese ৰাজী (razi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ziː/, [ɾäː.ziː], /ɾɑː.d͡ʒiː/, [ɾäː.d͡ʒiː]

Adjective

राज़ी • (rāzī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling راضی)

1. accepting, approving

   वे ख़ुशी-ख़ुशी राज़ी हैं।

   ve xuśī-xuśī rāzī ha͠i.

   They happily accepted.

2. pleased, satisfied

   Synonym: संतुष्ट (santuṣṭ)

Related terms

• नाराज़ (nārāz)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “rāzī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press