rajto

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English right and German Recht.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrai̯to/
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  • Rhymes: -ai̯to
  • Syllabification: raj‧to

Noun

rajto (accusative singular rajton, plural rajtoj, accusative plural rajtojn)

  2. right, authority (freedom or permission to do something)
    • 1982, Rüdiger Eichholz, Vilma Sindona Eichholz, Esperanto in the modern world‎[1], page 362:
      La plimulto cedas al la malplimulto pli da rajtoj ol ĝi aritmetike devus.
      The majority cedes more rights to the minority than they arithmetically should.
    • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎[2], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:
      Eblas diri, ke ŝi estas "feministo" en epoko, kiam virinoj ankoraŭ ne esperis havi la samajn rajtojn, kiujn havis viroj.
      It's possible to say she was a "feminist" in an epoch, when women did not yet hope to have the same rights as men did.

Derived terms

nouns
verbs
  • rajti (“to have the right to, may”)
  • rajtigi (“to authorize”)

References

  1. ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “rajto”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 4, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ André Cherpillod, “rajto”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN

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