How to say "ceasefire" in Arabic
New wordMeaningceasefire
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَقْف إِطْلَاق النَّار
waqf iṭlāq an-nārוקף אטלאק א-נאר
وقف إطلاق النار
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הפסקת אש
hafsakat eshهَافْسَاكَات إِش
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Arabic root
و-ق-فNot a shared root, but a shared idiom: Hebrew הפסקת אש and Arabic وقف إطلاق النار both mean, literally, 'a stopping of fire' — two languages landing on the same military metaphor independently. وقف here is the noun form of the very verb وَقَفَ, 'to stand, to stop', that you'll meet elsewhere as a plain verb.
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أَعْلَنُوا وَقْف إِطْلَاق النَّار
aʿlanū waqf iṭlāq an-nārאעלנו וקף אטלאק א-נארThey declared a ceasefire.