How to say "satisfaction, approval" in Arabic
CognateMeaningsatisfaction, approval
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رِضَا
riḍāרצ'א
رضا
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שביעות רצון
svi'ut ratsonسْڤِيئُوت رَاتْسُون
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ض-يHebrew root
ר-צ-הFinal-weak root ر-ض-ي lines up with Hebrew ר-צ-ה (ض↔צ is the regular shift): both mean 'to be pleased, to want, to favor'. Arabic riḍā is satisfaction and — in religious contexts — divine pleasure; Hebrew רצון is will, desire, favor, the very word buried inside the everyday phrase for 'satisfaction', שביעות רצון.
Related Hebrew word:רצוןratsonرَاتْسُون
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In a phrase
رِضَا تَامّ
riḍā tāmmרצ'א תאםcomplete satisfaction