وقت

See also: وفت‎

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَقْت‎ (waqt).

Noun

وقت (transliteration needed) m

  1. time

Descendants

  • → Kabyle: lweqt

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ق ت‎ (w-q-t).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waqt/
    • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /waʔt/
    • (Gulf Arabic) IPA(key): /wakt/
    • (Hejazi) IPA(key): /waɡt/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /waqt/
  • (file)

Verb

وَقَتَ • (waqata) I, non-past يَقِتُ‎‎ (yaqitu)

  1. to determine, define, or place a limit on a thing especially time
  2. to fix boundaries of duration, to set or appoint a time for something to occur especially the falling due of an obligation
Conjugation

Noun

وَقْت • (waqt) m (plural أَوْقَات‎ (ʔawqāt))

  1. verbal noun of وَقَتَ (waqata) (form I)
  2. time (as an abstract concept)
  3. period of time, time span
  4. moment, instant
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “وقت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waq.qa.ta/

Verb

وَقَّتَ • (waqqata) II, non-past يُوَقِّتُ‎‎ (yuwaqqitu)

  1. to set a time, to appoint a time, to fix a time, to schedule
  2. to time
  3. to set a time limit
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • أَقَّتَ‎ (ʔaqqata)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.qat/

Verb

وَقَتْ • (waqat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of وَقَى‎ (waqā)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَقْت‎ (waqt).

Noun

وقت • (waʾt) m (plural أوقات‎ (ʾawʾāt))

  1. time

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَقْت‎ (waqt).

Noun

وقت • (vakıt)

  1. time
  2. hour

Descendants

  • Turkish: vakit
  • → Albanian: vakt
  • → Armenian: վախտ (vaxt)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: вакат
    Latin script: vakat

Persian

Alternative forms

  • وخت‎ (vaxt) (conversational)

Etymology

From Arabic وَقْت‎ (waqt).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Dari وقت
Iranian Persian
Tajik вақт (vaqt)

وقت • (vaqt) (plural وقت‌ها‎ (vaqt-hâ) or اوقات‎ (owqât))

  1. time
    برای خواندن همه این کتاب‌ها وقت ندارم.‎
    Barấ-ye xândán-e hamé-ye in ketâb-hấ vaqt nádâram.
    I don't have time to read all of these books.
  2. hour

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ق ت‎

Etymology

From Arabic وَقْت‎ (waqt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /waʔt/, [waʔ(ɪ)t]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /waɡt/, [waɡ(ɪ)t]
  • (file)

Noun

وقت • (waʔt) m (plural أوقات‎ (ʔawʔāt))

  1. time

See also

  • زمان‎ (zamān, “time, era”)
  • مرّة‎ (marra, “time, instance”)
  • فترة‎ (fatra, “period of time, while”)
  • مدّة‎ (mudde, “period of time, while”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَقْت‎ (waqt).

Noun

وقت • (vaqt) m (plural اوقات‎, Hindi spelling वक़्त)

  1. time
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