توقف

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Mediopassive of وَقَّفَ (waqqafa, to stop (transitive), to bring to a stop), from the root و ق ف (w-q-f); compare وَقَفَ (waqafa, to stop (intransitive)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.waq.qa.fa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqafa) V (non-past يَتَوَقَّفُ (yatawaqqafu), verbal noun تَوَقُّف (tawaqquf))

  1. to stop, to come to a stop; to come to an end
    تَوَقَّفَ ٱلزَّمَنُ
    tawaqqafa z-zamanu
    The time stopped.
  2. to depend on (something)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

تَوَقُّف (tawaqqufm

  1. verbal noun of تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqafa) (form V)
  2. stopping (intransitive)
  3. hesitating
  4. perseverance
  5. expectation, dependency
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: təvəqqüf
  • Ottoman Turkish: توقف

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَوَقُّف (tawaqquf), verbal noun of تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqafa).

Noun

توقف (tevakkuf)

  1. stopping, standing still
  2. remaining in a place; stay
  3. dependence

Descendants

See also

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevakkuf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “توقف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 612
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1164

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَقُّف (tawaqquf).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tawaqquf
Dari reading? tawaqquf
Iranian reading? tavağğof
Tajik reading? tavaqquf

Noun

توقف (tavaqqof)

  1. stop, stopping, halt
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 196:
      ساقی چو جهان فانیست جام آر توقف چیست
      کامروز سلیمی نیست بر ملکت جم قانع
      sāqī čū jahān fānī-st jām ār tawaqquf čī-st
      k-imrōz salīmī nīst bar malakat-i jam qāni'
      Cupbearer, since the world is ephemeral, bring the cup! Why this halt?
      For today, Selim is not content with Jamshid's dominion.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • 2016 April 11, “توقف ارسال ایمیل‌های خبری روزانه از بی‌بی‌سی فارسی”, in bbc.com/persian, BBC Persian:
      توقف ارسال ایمیل‌های خبری روزانه از بی‌بی‌سی فارسی
      tavaqqof-e ersâl-e imeyl-hâ-ye xabari-ye ruzâne az bi-bi-si fârsi
      Cessation of dispatch of daily email newsletters from BBC Persian

Derived terms

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ق ف
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

توقف (twaʔʔaf) V (present بتوقّف (bitwaʔʔaf))

  1. (intransitive) to stop, to halt
  2. (passive voice) to be arrested
  3. to depend (+ على)
    Synonym: تعلّق (tʕallaʔ)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of توقّف (twaʔʔaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m توقّفت (twaʔʔaft) توقّفت (twaʔʔaft) توقّف (twaʔʔaf) توقّفنا (twaʔʔafna) توقّفتو (twaʔʔaftu) توقّفو (twaʔʔafu)
f توقّفتي (twaʔʔafti) توقّفت (twaʔʔafat)
present m بتوقّف (batwaʔʔaf) بتتوقّف (btitwaʔʔaf) بتوقّف (bitwaʔʔaf) منتوقّف (mnitwaʔʔaf) بتتوقّفو (btitwaʔʔafu) بتوقّفو (bitwaʔʔafu)
f بتتوقّفي (btitwaʔʔafi) بتتوقّف (btitwaʔʔaf)
subjunctive m اتوقّف (atwaʔʔaf) تتوقّف (titwaʔʔaf) يتوقّف (yitwaʔʔaf) نتوقّف (nitwaʔʔaf) تتوقّفو (titwaʔʔafu) يتوقّفو (yitwaʔʔafu)
f تتوقّفي (titwaʔʔafi) تتوقّف (titwaʔʔaf)
imperative m توقّف (twaʔʔaf) توقّفو (twaʔʔafu)
f توقّفي (twaʔʔafi)