How to say "to stand" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto stand
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَقَفَ
waqafaוקף
وقف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עמד
amadأَمَاد
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
و-ق-فLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
وِقِف
wiʾifואףCairo: wiʾif (qāf as glottal stop) — 'stood up, stopped'; uʾaf! — 'stop!'
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
وْقف
wqefוקףDarija: wqef — 'stood up, stopped'.
In a phrase
وَقَفَ أَمَامَ الْبَيْت
waqafa amāma al-baytוקף אמאם אל-ביתHe stood in front of the house