Arabic vocabulary
تركleaving in Arabic
ترك is how you say “leaving” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ت ر ك (t-r-k)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of Form I)Pronounced tark
Meaning of leaving in Arabic
- leaving, forsaking, abandoning — of a person, place, or thing — whether given up by choice or by necessity
- neglecting, omitting, leaving undone — e.g. failing to perform a duty or an act of worship
- causing to remain in a state, rendering as — a secondary use where the verb takes two objects, like 'made' or 'left (them) in darkness'
The base verb تَرَكَ covers both deliberate leaving and leaving under compulsion — Lane contrasts the Qur'anic وَٱتْرُكِ البَحْرَ رَهْوًا ('leave the sea', by choice) with كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ('how many gardens they left', by necessity). It is also the ordinary verb for a deceased person leaving behind property (تَرَكَ المَيِّتُ مَالًا), and appears in an idiom of blessing (لا تارك) alongside 'may God not bless him'.
Words from the same root
- تَرَكَto leave, forsake, abandon, quit
- مَتْرُوكٌleft, forsaken, abandoned, discarded
- تَارَكَto leave one another, make peace or a truce
- تَتَارَكَto mutually relinquish a matter
- تَرِيكَةa woman left unmarried into middle age
Common questions
- How do you say "leaving" in Arabic?
- ترك (tark) — the verbal noun of تَرَكَ, 'to leave, forsake, abandon'.
- What is the core meaning of the root ت ر ك؟
- It centers on leaving, forsaking, or giving something up, whether by choice or by necessity.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
اسْتَعِنْ عَلَى سَيْرِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ بِتَرْكِ مَنْ شَغَلَكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ ﷿
Seek assistance on your path to Allah by abandoning those who divert you from Allah.
بِتَرْكِ — by abandoning. 'bi-' = 'by'; 'tark' = 'leaving, giving up', so 'by leaving'; it joins the next word.
From: Taming the Lower Self →
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