How to say "time" in Arabic
New wordMeaningtime
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَقْت
waqtוקת
وقت
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
זמן
zmanزْمَان
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
وَقْت
waʾtואתق becomes a glottal stop in urban Levantine: waʾt.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
وَقْت
waʾtואתCairo too: waʾt; mafīsh waʾt — 'no time'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
وقْت
weqtוקתDarija keeps the q: weqt (l-weqt — 'the time').
In a phrase
الْوَقْت مِن ذَهَب
al-waqt min dhahabאל-וקת מן ד'הבtime is golden (proverb)
Plural
أَوْقَات
awqātאוקאתbroken plural aCCāC — like يوم→أيام (day→days).