राज़ीनामा

Hindi

Alternative forms

राजीनामा (rājīnāmā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (rāzī-nāma). By surface analysis, राज़ी (rāzī, “pleased”) +‎ -नामा (-nāmā). Compare Gujarati રાજીનામું (rājīnāmũ), Marathi राजीनामा (rājīnāmā), Kannada ರಾಜೀನಾಮೆ (rājīnāme), Punjabi ਰਾਜ਼ੀਨਾਮਾ (rāzīnāmā) / راضی نامہ (rāẓī nāmh).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ziː.nɑː.mɑː/, [ɾäː.ziː.näː.mäː], /ɾɑː.d͡ʒiː.nɑː.mɑː/, [ɾäː.d͡ʒiː.näː.mäː]

Noun

राज़ीनामा • (rāzīnāmā) m (Urdu spelling راضی نامہ)

resignation

Declension

Declension of *राज़ीनामा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	राज़ीनामा rāzīnāmā	राज़ीनामे rāzīnāme
oblique	राज़ीनामे rāzīnāme	राज़ीनामों rāzīnāmõ
vocative	राज़ीनामे rāzīnāme	राज़ीनामो rāzīnāmo

References

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