Arabic vocabulary
تَوْقِيعsignature in Arabic
تَوْقِيع is how you say “signature” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root و ق ع (w-q-ʿ)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of Form II وَقَّعَ)Pronounced tawqīʿ
Meaning of signature in Arabic
- signature — the modern, standard sense: signing a document to give it legal effect
- official endorsement or ruling appended to a petition — historically, a note a ruler or administrator wrote beneath or on the back of a submitted case directing that it be acted on
- a written note or annotation entered in a document — the endorsement itself, or an entry/postil made in a writing or book
Today تَوْقِيع is the ordinary word for a signature. In earlier administrative use it named the note a Sultan or official appended to a submitted petition to give it effect, and by extension the endorsement-writing itself (plural تَوْقِيعَات); Lane notes it as a term of Islamic administrative usage rather than old classical Arabic.
Words from the same root
- وَقَعَto fall; to happen, befall, take place (Form I)
- وَاقَعَto fall upon in conflict; to plunge into an affair (Form III)
- أَوْقَعَto bring about, make happen; to make an assault upon (Form IV)
- تَوَقَّعَto expect, look for something's coming to pass (Form V)
- وَقْعَةٌan onslaught; a shock in battle
- مَوْقِعٌa place or position where something falls or stands
- مُوَقَّعٌsigned, endorsed (passive participle of Form II)
Common questions
- How do you say "signature" in Arabic?
- تَوْقِيع (tawqīʿ).
- What does the root و ق ع mean?
- It carries the sense of falling, happening, or befalling — the same root behind وَقَعَ ("to happen"), تَوَقَّعَ ("to expect"), and تَوْقِيع ("signature," an endorsement made to give a document effect).
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
ويرسلها مع أنفاس الأسف حتى جاءه توقيع فتاب عليه
And he sent them with sighs of regret until a decree came to him, and He accepted his repentance.
تَوْقِيعٌ — signature. tawqi means 'a signed decree, endorsement'; the '-un' ending marks it indefinite — the subject 'a decree'.
From: Adam's Descent →
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