رجا

Arabic

FWOTD – 23 October 2014

Root
ر ج و (r j w)
6 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.d͡ʒaː/

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

   أَرْجُو مُسَاعَدَتِي. ― ʔarjū musāʕadatī. ― Please help me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of رَجَا (I, final-weak, a ~ u, full passive, verbal nouns رَجَاء, رَجَاة, مَرْجَاة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						رَجَاء, رَجَاة, مَرْجَاة rajāʔ, rajāh, marjāh
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						رَاجٍ rājin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَرْجُوّ marjuww
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رَجَوْتُ rajawtu	رَجَوْتَ rajawta	رَجَا rajā		رَجَوْتُمَا rajawtumā	رَجَوَا rajawā		رَجَوْنَا rajawnā	رَجَوْتُمْ rajawtum	رَجَوْا rajaw
	f		رَجَوْتِ rajawti	رَجَتْ rajat			رَجَتَا rajatā			رَجَوْتُنَّ rajawtunna	رَجَوْنَ rajawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَرْجُو ʔarjū	تَرْجُو tarjū	يَرْجُو yarjū		تَرْجُوَانِ tarjuwāni	يَرْجُوَانِ yarjuwāni		نَرْجُو narjū	تَرْجُونَ tarjūna	يَرْجُونَ yarjūna
	f		تَرْجِينَ tarjīna	تَرْجُو tarjū			تَرْجُوَانِ tarjuwāni			تَرْجُونَ tarjūna	يَرْجُونَ yarjūna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَرْجُوَ ʔarjuwa	تَرْجُوَ tarjuwa	يَرْجُوَ yarjuwa		تَرْجُوَا tarjuwā	يَرْجُوَا yarjuwā		نَرْجُوَ narjuwa	تَرْجُوا tarjū	يَرْجُوا yarjū
	f		تَرْجِي tarjī	تَرْجُوَ tarjuwa			تَرْجُوَا tarjuwā			تَرْجُونَ tarjūna	يَرْجُونَ yarjūna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَرْجُ ʔarju	تَرْجُ tarju	يَرْجُ yarju		تَرْجُوَا tarjuwā	يَرْجُوَا yarjuwā		نَرْجُ narju	تَرْجُوا tarjū	يَرْجُوا yarjū
	f		تَرْجِي tarjī	تَرْجُ tarju			تَرْجُوَا tarjuwā			تَرْجُونَ tarjūna	يَرْجُونَ yarjūna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُرْجُ urju			اُرْجُوَا urjuwā				اُرْجُوا urjū
	f		اُرْجِي urjī							اُرْجُونَ urjūna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رُجِيتُ rujītu	رُجِيتَ rujīta	رُجِيَ rujiya		رُجِيتُمَا rujītumā	رُجِيَا rujiyā		رُجِينَا rujīnā	رُجِيتُمْ rujītum	رُجُوا rujū
	f		رُجِيتِ rujīti	رُجِيَتْ rujiyat			رُجِيَتَا rujiyatā			رُجِيتُنَّ rujītunna	رُجِينَ rujīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُرْجَى ʔurjā	تُرْجَى turjā	يُرْجَى yurjā		تُرْجَيَانِ turjayāni	يُرْجَيَانِ yurjayāni		نُرْجَى nurjā	تُرْجَوْنَ turjawna	يُرْجَوْنَ yurjawna
	f		تُرْجَيْنَ turjayna	تُرْجَى turjā			تُرْجَيَانِ turjayāni			تُرْجَيْنَ turjayna	يُرْجَيْنَ yurjayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُرْجَى ʔurjā	تُرْجَى turjā	يُرْجَى yurjā		تُرْجَيَا turjayā	يُرْجَيَا yurjayā		نُرْجَى nurjā	تُرْجَوْا turjaw	يُرْجَوْا yurjaw
	f		تُرْجَيْ turjay	تُرْجَى turjā			تُرْجَيَا turjayā			تُرْجَيْنَ turjayna	يُرْجَيْنَ yurjayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُرْجَ ʔurja	تُرْجَ turja	يُرْجَ yurja		تُرْجَيَا turjayā	يُرْجَيَا yurjayā		نُرْجَ nurja	تُرْجَوْا turjaw	يُرْجَوْا yurjaw
	f		تُرْجَيْ turjay	تُرْجَ turja			تُرْجَيَا turjayā			تُرْجَيْنَ turjayna	يُرْجَيْنَ yurjayna

Synonyms

• أَمَلَ (ʔamala)

Antonyms

• يَئِسَ (yaʔisa)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic رَجَا (rajā)der.

Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ)bor.

Ottoman Turkish رجا

Borrowed from Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

Noun

رجا • (recâ, vulg. rica)

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

Descendants

• Turkish: rica

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “رجا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 965

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic رَجَا (rajā)der.

Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ)bor.

Persian رجا

Borrowed from Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ra.ˈd͡ʒaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.d͡ʒɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.d͡ʒɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rä.d͡ʒɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rä.d͡ʒɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæ.d͡ʒɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.d͡ʒɔ́]

• Rhymes: -aː

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

Noun

رجا • (rajâ)

1. hope

   Synonym: امید (omid)

Derived terms

• رجایی (rajâyi)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “رجا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic رَجَا (rajā)der.

Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ)bor.

Classical Persian رَجَا (rajā)bor.

Urdu رجا

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَجَا (rajā), borrowed from Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.d͡ʒɑː/

Noun

رَجا • (rajā) f (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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.