وَقْتٌ time in Arabic
وَقْتٌ is how you say “time” in Arabic.
Root و ق ت w-q-t. noun. waqt.
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Meaning of time in Arabic
- time; a period or span of time appointed for some affair; a season used mostly of past time, though also applied to the future; plural أَوْقَاتٌ (awqāt)
- (tropical use) a measure of spatial extension, e.g. a mile a figurative extension recorded by grammarians (Sb.), distinct from the temporal sense
Example sentence
وخمول الذّكر وإضاعة الْوَقْت ونفرة الْخلق
Fading of reputation, waste of time, and people's aversion.
الْوَقْتِ of time
al- = 'the'; completes the 'of…' phrase: 'of time'.
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How it is used
Waqt denotes time in an absolute sense, while some grammarians distinguish it from mīqāt, which specifically means a time (or place) appointed for the performance of an action. The word appears in a Qur'anic description of prayer as a mawqūt duty, i.e. bound to its prescribed times.
Words from the same root
- وَقَتَ to determine, define, or fix the time of a thing (form I)
- وَقَّتَ to assign or appoint a particular time for a thing (form II)
- وَاقَتَ to make an appointment with someone for a set time (form III)
- مَوْقِتٌ an appointed time of an event, e.g. the Day of Resurrection
- مِيقَاتٌ an appointed time; also a place set for a particular act, e.g. where pilgrims enter iḥrām
- مَوْقُوتٌ determined, defined, or fixed as to time; timed, prescribed
- مُوَقَّتٌ timed, fixed as to its appointed time (synonym of mawqūt)
More example sentences
والابتلاء بقرناء السوء الَّذين يفسدون الْقلب ويضيعون الْوَقْت
And the trial of bad companions who corrupt the heart and waste time.
الْوَقْتَ time
al- = 'the'; the object of 'waste': 'time' (object form).
وانقضى زمان الدلال وفات وقت النشوز،
The time of indulgence has ended, and the moments of rebellion have passed.
وَقْتُ the moments
This is the subject of 'passed', placed after its verb and carrying the subject ending, and it heads a possessive pairing, 'the time of defiance'. So it both slips away and opens the 'of' relationship completed by the next word.
Common questions
- How do you say "time" in Arabic?
- وَقْتٌ (waqt).
- What is the plural of وَقْتٌ؟
- أَوْقَاتٌ (awqāt).
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).