وَقْتِ appointed time in Arabic
وَقْتِ is how you say “appointed time” in Arabic.
Root و ق ت w-q-t. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of وَقَتَ, used as a common noun for 'time'). waqt.
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Meaning of appointed time in Arabic
- a time; a space or period of time appointed or determined for something; a season used mostly of past time, though sometimes of the future
- (figurative, rare) a measure of local distance, e.g. a mile extended, non-temporal use noted by grammarians
Example sentence
وَخَافَ فَوْتَ الصَّلَاةِ أَوِ الْوَقْتِ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ عَدُوُّهُ مِنْهُ مَا شَاءَ
He feared missing the prayer or its appointed time, and his enemy did not attain from him what he wanted.
الْوَقْتِ the appointed time
A definite noun 'the (appointed) time', the second option after 'or', so it shares the object role with 'the prayer'. Its al- marks the prescribed time of that prayer. With 'or' before it, it completes 'the prayer or its time'.
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How it is used
وَقْت is the everyday word for 'time,' built on the verb وَقَتَ, 'to fix or delimit a period for an action.' It appears in the Qur'an of the times fixed for prayer (4:104, kitāban mawqūtā, 'a prescript timed [for its seasons]') and of the messengers being gathered at their appointed time (77:11). Some grammarians distinguish it from مِيقَات: waqt names time in the abstract, while mīqāt is time (or a place) set specifically for performing an action, such as the pilgrim's entry point for iḥrām.
Words from the same root
- وَقَتَ to determine, define, or fix a time for something (verb, form I)
- وَقَّتَ to appoint a particular time for doing a thing (verb, form II)
- وَاقَتَ to make an appointment with someone for a set time (verb, form III)
- مَوْقِتٌ the appointment of a time (or place) for an event, as in 'the day of the mawqit' meaning the Day of Resurrection
- مِيقَاتٌ an appointed time; also a place appointed for a rite, e.g. the mīqāt of ḥajj where pilgrims enter the state of iḥrām
- مَوْقُوتٌ fixed, determined, or limited as to time (passive participle); said of prayer prescribed at set times
- مُوَقَّتٌ fixed, appointed as to time (synonym of mawqūt)
More example sentences
إِلَى وَقْتِ طُوفَانِ نُوحِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ
until the time of the Flood of Noah, peace be upon him.
وَقْتِ time of
A noun ('time') heading an 'of' pairing ('time OF...'), sitting in the genitive ending under the preceding 'until'. It drops its own 'al-' and draws definiteness from the chain that follows, naming the moment the time-limit reaches.
Common questions
- How do you say "appointed time" in Arabic?
- وَقْت (waqt) — from the root و-ق-ت, 'to fix or determine a time.'
- What is the difference between waqt and mīqāt?
- Waqt is the general word for a time or period appointed for an affair, while mīqāt more specifically means a time — or place — set for a particular action, such as the mīqāt of ḥajj where pilgrims enter iḥrām.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).