وقت

See also: وفت

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَقْت (waqt).

Noun

وقت (waqt) m

1. time

Descendants

• → Kabyle: lweqt

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ق ت (w q t)
8 terms

Suggested to be borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaktás (“distributed, allotted; lot, share”), making it a doublet of بَخْت (baḵt, “luck”) borrowed later. Compare other supposedly borrowed time terms: زَمَن (zaman), سَاعَة (sāʕa), عَام (ʕām), سَوْفَ (sawfa), أَوَان (ʔawān), إِبَّان (ʔibbān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waqt/
  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /waʔt/
  • (Gulf) IPA^(key): /wakt/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /waɡt/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /waqt/

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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

Declension of noun وَقْت (waqt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَقْت waqt	الْوَقْت al-waqt	وَقْت waqt
Nominative	وَقْتٌ waqtun	الْوَقْتُ al-waqtu	وَقْتُ waqtu
Accusative	وَقْتًا waqtan	الْوَقْتَ al-waqta	وَقْتَ waqta
Genitive	وَقْتٍ waqtin	الْوَقْتِ al-waqti	وَقْتِ waqti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَقْتَيْن waqtayn	الْوَقْتَيْن al-waqtayn	وَقْتَيْ waqtay
Nominative	وَقْتَانِ waqtāni	الْوَقْتَانِ al-waqtāni	وَقْتَا waqtā
Accusative	وَقْتَيْنِ waqtayni	الْوَقْتَيْنِ al-waqtayni	وَقْتَيْ waqtay
Genitive	وَقْتَيْنِ waqtayni	الْوَقْتَيْنِ al-waqtayni	وَقْتَيْ waqtay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْقَات ʔawqāt	الْأَوْقَات al-ʔawqāt	أَوْقَات ʔawqāt
Nominative	أَوْقَاتٌ ʔawqātun	الْأَوْقَاتُ al-ʔawqātu	أَوْقَاتُ ʔawqātu
Accusative	أَوْقَاتًا ʔawqātan	الْأَوْقَاتَ al-ʔawqāta	أَوْقَاتَ ʔawqāta
Genitive	أَوْقَاتٍ ʔawqātin	الْأَوْقَاتِ al-ʔawqāti	أَوْقَاتِ ʔawqāti

Descendants

Descendants of وقت

• Chadian Arabic: وكت (wakit)
• Egyptian Arabic: وقت (waʔt)
• Gulf Arabic: وكت (wəkt)
• Hijazi Arabic: وقت (wagt)
• Maltese: waqt
• Moroccan Arabic: وقت (waqt)
• → Adyghe: уахътэ (waχtɛ)
• → Argobba: ወቅት
• → Amharic: ወቅት (wäḳt)
• → Azerbaijani: vaxt
• → Bashkir: ваҡыт (vaqıt)
• → Bengali: ওক্ত (ōkto), ওয়াক্ত (ōẇakto)
• → Chuvash: вӑхӑт (văh̬ăt)
• → Crimean Tatar: vaqıt
• → Farefare: wakatɛ
• → Gagauz: vakıt
• → Ge'ez: ወቃት (wäḳat)
• → Gurage: ወቅት
• → Harari: ወቅቲ (wäḳti)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: वक़्त (vaqt)

  Urdu: وقت (vaqt)

• → Kanuri: lóktù
  • → Hausa: lōkàcī
• → Karakalpak: waqıt
• → Kazakh: уақыт (uaqyt)
• → Khalaj: vaqt
• → Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: وەخت (wext)

  Laki: ڤەخت (vext)

  Northern Kurdish: wext

  Southern Kurdish: وەخت (wext)

• → Kyrgyz: убакыт (ubakıt), убакты (ubaktı)
• → Pévé: wůxıþs
• → Lishana Deni: ועדא (waʕda)
• → Lithuanian: voktas
• → Madurese: bâkto
• → Malay: waktu
  • Indonesian: waktu
  • → Ternate: waktu
• → Maore Comorian: wakati
• → Maranao: wakto
• → Ottoman Turkish: وقت (vakıt)
  • Turkish: vakit
  • → Albanian: vakt
  • → Armenian: վախտ (vaxt)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вакат

    Latin script: vakat

• → Pashto: وخت (waxt)
• → Persian: وقت (vaqt)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਕਤ (vakat)

  Shahmukhi script: وقت (vaqt)

• → Somali: waqti, wakhti
• → Sundanese: waktu, waktos
• → Swahili: wakati
• → Tajik: вақт (vaqt)
• → Tausug: waktu
• → Tatar: вакыт (waqıt)
• → Tigre: ውቀት (wəḳät), ዉቀት (wuḳät), ወቀት (wäḳät), አልውቀት (ʾälwəḳät), ወክት (wäkt), ወክድ (wäkd)
• → Turkmen: wagt
• → Uyghur: ۋاقت (waqt)
• → Uzbek: vaqt
• → Wolof: waxtu
• → Yoruba: wákàtí
• → Zazaki: wext

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of وَقْت (waqt).

Verb

وَقَتَ • (waqata) I (non-past يَقِتُ (yaqitu), verbal noun وَقْت (waqt))

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

    Conjugation of وَقَتَ (I, assimilated, a ~ i, full passive, verbal noun وَقْت)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						وَقْت waqt
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						وَاقِت wāqit
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَوْقُوت mawqūt
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَقَتُّ waqattu	وَقَتَّ waqatta	وَقَتَ waqata		وَقَتُّمَا waqattumā	وَقَتَا waqatā		وَقَتْنَا waqatnā	وَقَتُّمْ waqattum	وَقَتُوا waqatū
	f		وَقَتِّ waqatti	وَقَتَتْ waqatat			وَقَتَتَا waqatatā			وَقَتُّنَّ waqattunna	وَقَتْنَ waqatna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَقِتُ ʔaqitu	تَقِتُ taqitu	يَقِتُ yaqitu		تَقِتَانِ taqitāni	يَقِتَانِ yaqitāni		نَقِتُ naqitu	تَقِتُونَ taqitūna	يَقِتُونَ yaqitūna
	f		تَقِتِينَ taqitīna	تَقِتُ taqitu			تَقِتَانِ taqitāni			تَقِتْنَ taqitna	يَقِتْنَ yaqitna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَقِتَ ʔaqita	تَقِتَ taqita	يَقِتَ yaqita		تَقِتَا taqitā	يَقِتَا yaqitā		نَقِتَ naqita	تَقِتُوا taqitū	يَقِتُوا yaqitū
	f		تَقِتِي taqitī	تَقِتَ taqita			تَقِتَا taqitā			تَقِتْنَ taqitna	يَقِتْنَ yaqitna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَقِتْ ʔaqit	تَقِتْ taqit	يَقِتْ yaqit		تَقِتَا taqitā	يَقِتَا yaqitā		نَقِتْ naqit	تَقِتُوا taqitū	يَقِتُوا yaqitū
	f		تَقِتِي taqitī	تَقِتْ taqit			تَقِتَا taqitā			تَقِتْنَ taqitna	يَقِتْنَ yaqitna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		قِتْ qit			قِتَا qitā				قِتُوا qitū
	f		قِتِي qitī							قِتْنَ qitna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وُقِتُّ wuqittu	وُقِتَّ wuqitta	وُقِتَ wuqita		وُقِتُّمَا wuqittumā	وُقِتَا wuqitā		وُقِتْنَا wuqitnā	وُقِتُّمْ wuqittum	وُقِتُوا wuqitū
	f		وُقِتِّ wuqitti	وُقِتَتْ wuqitat			وُقِتَتَا wuqitatā			وُقِتُّنَّ wuqittunna	وُقِتْنَ wuqitna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوقَتُ ʔūqatu	تُوقَتُ tūqatu	يُوقَتُ yūqatu		تُوقَتَانِ tūqatāni	يُوقَتَانِ yūqatāni		نُوقَتُ nūqatu	تُوقَتُونَ tūqatūna	يُوقَتُونَ yūqatūna
	f		تُوقَتِينَ tūqatīna	تُوقَتُ tūqatu			تُوقَتَانِ tūqatāni			تُوقَتْنَ tūqatna	يُوقَتْنَ yūqatna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوقَتَ ʔūqata	تُوقَتَ tūqata	يُوقَتَ yūqata		تُوقَتَا tūqatā	يُوقَتَا yūqatā		نُوقَتَ nūqata	تُوقَتُوا tūqatū	يُوقَتُوا yūqatū
	f		تُوقَتِي tūqatī	تُوقَتَ tūqata			تُوقَتَا tūqatā			تُوقَتْنَ tūqatna	يُوقَتْنَ yūqatna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوقَتْ ʔūqat	تُوقَتْ tūqat	يُوقَتْ yūqat		تُوقَتَا tūqatā	يُوقَتَا yūqatā		نُوقَتْ nūqat	تُوقَتُوا tūqatū	يُوقَتُوا yūqatū
	f		تُوقَتِي tūqatī	تُوقَتْ tūqat			تُوقَتَا tūqatā			تُوقَتْنَ tūqatna	يُوقَتْنَ yūqatna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waq.qa.ta/

Verb

وَقَّتَ • (waqqata) II (non-past يُوَقِّتُ (yuwaqqitu), verbal noun تَوْقِيت (tawqīt))

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

    Conjugation of وَقَّتَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَوْقِيت)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَوْقِيت tawqīt
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُوَقِّت muwaqqit
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُوَقَّت muwaqqat
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَقَّتُّ waqqattu	وَقَّتَّ waqqatta	وَقَّتَ waqqata		وَقَّتُّمَا waqqattumā	وَقَّتَا waqqatā		وَقَّتْنَا waqqatnā	وَقَّتُّمْ waqqattum	وَقَّتُوا waqqatū
	f		وَقَّتِّ waqqatti	وَقَّتَتْ waqqatat			وَقَّتَتَا waqqatatā			وَقَّتُّنَّ waqqattunna	وَقَّتْنَ waqqatna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوَقِّتُ ʔuwaqqitu	تُوَقِّتُ tuwaqqitu	يُوَقِّتُ yuwaqqitu		تُوَقِّتَانِ tuwaqqitāni	يُوَقِّتَانِ yuwaqqitāni		نُوَقِّتُ nuwaqqitu	تُوَقِّتُونَ tuwaqqitūna	يُوَقِّتُونَ yuwaqqitūna
	f		تُوَقِّتِينَ tuwaqqitīna	تُوَقِّتُ tuwaqqitu			تُوَقِّتَانِ tuwaqqitāni			تُوَقِّتْنَ tuwaqqitna	يُوَقِّتْنَ yuwaqqitna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوَقِّتَ ʔuwaqqita	تُوَقِّتَ tuwaqqita	يُوَقِّتَ yuwaqqita		تُوَقِّتَا tuwaqqitā	يُوَقِّتَا yuwaqqitā		نُوَقِّتَ nuwaqqita	تُوَقِّتُوا tuwaqqitū	يُوَقِّتُوا yuwaqqitū
	f		تُوَقِّتِي tuwaqqitī	تُوَقِّتَ tuwaqqita			تُوَقِّتَا tuwaqqitā			تُوَقِّتْنَ tuwaqqitna	يُوَقِّتْنَ yuwaqqitna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوَقِّتْ ʔuwaqqit	تُوَقِّتْ tuwaqqit	يُوَقِّتْ yuwaqqit		تُوَقِّتَا tuwaqqitā	يُوَقِّتَا yuwaqqitā		نُوَقِّتْ nuwaqqit	تُوَقِّتُوا tuwaqqitū	يُوَقِّتُوا yuwaqqitū
	f		تُوَقِّتِي tuwaqqitī	تُوَقِّتْ tuwaqqit			تُوَقِّتَا tuwaqqitā			تُوَقِّتْنَ tuwaqqitna	يُوَقِّتْنَ yuwaqqitna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		وَقِّتْ waqqit			وَقِّتَا waqqitā				وَقِّتُوا waqqitū
	f		وَقِّتِي waqqitī							وَقِّتْنَ waqqitna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وُقِّتُّ wuqqittu	وُقِّتَّ wuqqitta	وُقِّتَ wuqqita		وُقِّتُّمَا wuqqittumā	وُقِّتَا wuqqitā		وُقِّتْنَا wuqqitnā	وُقِّتُّمْ wuqqittum	وُقِّتُوا wuqqitū
	f		وُقِّتِّ wuqqitti	وُقِّتَتْ wuqqitat			وُقِّتَتَا wuqqitatā			وُقِّتُّنَّ wuqqittunna	وُقِّتْنَ wuqqitna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوَقَّتُ ʔuwaqqatu	تُوَقَّتُ tuwaqqatu	يُوَقَّتُ yuwaqqatu		تُوَقَّتَانِ tuwaqqatāni	يُوَقَّتَانِ yuwaqqatāni		نُوَقَّتُ nuwaqqatu	تُوَقَّتُونَ tuwaqqatūna	يُوَقَّتُونَ yuwaqqatūna
	f		تُوَقَّتِينَ tuwaqqatīna	تُوَقَّتُ tuwaqqatu			تُوَقَّتَانِ tuwaqqatāni			تُوَقَّتْنَ tuwaqqatna	يُوَقَّتْنَ yuwaqqatna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوَقَّتَ ʔuwaqqata	تُوَقَّتَ tuwaqqata	يُوَقَّتَ yuwaqqata		تُوَقَّتَا tuwaqqatā	يُوَقَّتَا yuwaqqatā		نُوَقَّتَ nuwaqqata	تُوَقَّتُوا tuwaqqatū	يُوَقَّتُوا yuwaqqatū
	f		تُوَقَّتِي tuwaqqatī	تُوَقَّتَ tuwaqqata			تُوَقَّتَا tuwaqqatā			تُوَقَّتْنَ tuwaqqatna	يُوَقَّتْنَ yuwaqqatna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوَقَّتْ ʔuwaqqat	تُوَقَّتْ tuwaqqat	يُوَقَّتْ yuwaqqat		تُوَقَّتَا tuwaqqatā	يُوَقَّتَا yuwaqqatā		نُوَقَّتْ nuwaqqat	تُوَقَّتُوا tuwaqqatū	يُوَقَّتُوا yuwaqqatū
	f		تُوَقَّتِي tuwaqqatī	تُوَقَّتْ tuwaqqat			تُوَقَّتَا tuwaqqatā			تُوَقَّتْنَ tuwaqqatna	يُوَقَّتْنَ yuwaqqatna

Alternative forms

• أَقَّتَ (ʔaqqata)

Etymology 3

Verb

وَقَتْ • (waqat) (form I) /wa.qat/

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

Hijazi Arabic

Root
و ق ت
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَقْت (waqt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waɡt/

Noun

وقت • (wagt) m (plural أوقات (ʔawgāt))

1. time (as an abstract concept)
2. period of time, time span
3. moment, instant

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَقَّتَ (waqqata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waɡ.ɡat/

Verb

وَقَّت • (waggat) II (non-past يِوَقِّت (yiwaggit))

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

Conjugation of وقت (waggat)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	وقتّ (waggatt)	وقتّ (waggatt)	وقت (waggat)		وقتنا (waggatna)	وقتّوا (waggattu)	وقتوا (waggatu)
	f		وقتّي (waggatti)	وقتت (waggatat)
non-past	m	أوقت (ʔawaggit)	توقت (tiwaggit)	يوقت (yiwaggit)		نوقت (niwaggit)	توقتوا (tiwaggitu)	يوقتوا (yiwaggitu)
	f		توقتي (tiwaggiti)	توقت (tiwaggit)
imperative	m		وقت (waggit)				وقتوا (waggitu)
	f		وقتي (waggiti)

Khalaj

Noun

وَقت (vaqt) (definite accusative وَقتؽ, plural وَقتلار)

1. Arabic spelling of vaqt (“time”)

Declension

Declension of وقت

	singular	plural
nominative	وقت	وقتلار
genitive	وقتؽݧ	وقتلارؽݧ
dative	وقتقا	وقتلارقا
definite accusative	وقتؽ	وقتلارؽ
locative	وقتچا	وقتلارچا
ablative	وقتدا	وقتلاردا
instrumental	وقتلا	وقتلارلا
equative	وقتوارا	وقتلاروارا

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

Borrowed from Arabic وَقْت (waqt), itself suggested to be borrowed by Arabic from Iranic, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [waqt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäqt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäqt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäxt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäqt̪]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væxt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væxt̪]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [væx]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väqt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	waqt
Dari reading?	waqt
Iranian reading?	vağt
Tajik reading?	vaqt

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

Noun

Dari	وقت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вақт

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

1. time

   برای خواندن همه این کتاب‌ها وقت ندارم.

   barâ-ye xândan-e hame-ye in ketâb-hâ vaqt na-dâram.

   I do not have time to read all of these books.

   • 2023 October 1, “چرا تنهاییم و با تنهایی چه کنیم؟”, in bbc.com/persian‎^[1], BBC Persian:

     تنهایی، موضوعی است که کمتر مطرح می‌‌شود و بیشتر اوقات درباره آن بحث و گفتگو نمی‌کنیم.

     tanhâyi, mowzu'i ast ke kamtar matrah mi-šavad va bištar-e owqât darbâre-ye ân bahs va goftogu ne-mi-konim.

     Loneliness is a topic which is rarely brought forth, and most of the time, we do not discuss or make conversation about it.

2. hour

Derived terms

• هیچ‌وقت (hič-vaqt)
• وقتی (vaqti)

 

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ق ت
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic وَقْت (waqt).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Amman):

  (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

وَقْت • (vaqt) m (formal plural اَوقات (auqāt), Hindi spelling वक़्त)

1. time