Arabic vocabulary
وَاجَهَpresent in Arabic
وَاجَهَ is how you say “present” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root و ج ه (w-j-h)verb (form III)Pronounced wājaha
Meaning of present in Arabic
- to face, confront, or meet someone face to face — the basic sense — direct physical or situational encounter
- to accost or address someone directly, with speech or words — the confrontation carried out verbally rather than just physically
Built on form III of the root و-ج-ه ('face'), wājaha frames an action as done directly, face to face — confronting, meeting, or addressing someone rather than acting at a distance or indirectly. It sits alongside the reflexive تَوَجَّهَ (to head toward) and اِتَّجَهَ (to be properly directed), both of which extend the same root's core idea of orientation and facing.
Words from the same root
- وَجْهٌface; also course, direction, or the way/aspect of a matter
- جِهَةٌdirection, aspect, respect (as in 'in respect of...')
- وِجْهَةٌa direction one heads toward; a way or manner of acting
- تَوَجَّهَform V: to head toward, betake oneself to a place or goal
- اِتَّجَهَform VIII: to apply oneself rightly, find one's proper course
- وَجِيهٌworthy of regard, distinguished
- تَوْجِيهٌa directing, orienting, or pointing toward
- مُتَوَجَّهٌa place toward which one tends or is heading
Common questions
- How do you say "confront" in Arabic?
- وَاجَهَ (wājaha) — to face, confront, or meet someone directly, face to face.
- What is the root of وَاجَهَ?
- It comes from the triliteral root و-ج-ه (w-j-h), which also gives وَجْهٌ (face) and جِهَةٌ (direction).
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
وَإِن ردّها فلكون مثلهَا لَا يصلح أَن يواجه بِهِ
And if He rejects it, it is because something like it is not fit to be presented to Him.
يُوَاجَهَ — to be presented. Passive present-tense verb 'be faced, be presented'; subjunctive after 'an' — 'to be presented'.
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