وظيفة
See also: وظیفه
Arabic
Etymology
From the root و ظ ف (w ẓ f). See also تَوْظِيف (tawẓīf).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.ðˤiː.fa/
Audio: (file)
Noun
وَظِيفَة • (waẓīfa) f (plural وَظَائِف (waẓāʔif) or وُظُف (wuẓuf))
- job, profession, occupation
- هَلْ تَبْحَثُ عَن وَظِيفَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ؟
- hal tabḥaṯu ʕan waẓīfatin jadīdatin?
- Are you looking for a new job?
- employment
- (general, mathematics, computing) function
- daily ration of food
- pay, salary, pension
- office, dignity
- task, duty
- aim
- business
- agreement
- (Islam, Sufism) regimen of remembrance, daily assignment of reflection, daily devotions, especially contemplation on a Divine characteristic to make it a more intimate part of one's daily life
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَظِيفَة waẓīfa |
الْوَظِيفَة al-waẓīfa |
وَظِيفَة waẓīfat |
| nominative | وَظِيفَةٌ waẓīfatun |
الْوَظِيفَةُ al-waẓīfatu |
وَظِيفَةُ waẓīfatu |
| accusative | وَظِيفَةً waẓīfatan |
الْوَظِيفَةَ al-waẓīfata |
وَظِيفَةَ waẓīfata |
| genitive | وَظِيفَةٍ waẓīfatin |
الْوَظِيفَةِ al-waẓīfati |
وَظِيفَةِ waẓīfati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | وَظِيفَتَيْن waẓīfatayn |
الْوَظِيفَتَيْن al-waẓīfatayn |
وَظِيفَتَيْ waẓīfatay |
| nominative | وَظِيفَتَانِ waẓīfatāni |
الْوَظِيفَتَانِ al-waẓīfatāni |
وَظِيفَتَا waẓīfatā |
| accusative | وَظِيفَتَيْنِ waẓīfatayni |
الْوَظِيفَتَيْنِ al-waẓīfatayni |
وَظِيفَتَيْ waẓīfatay |
| genitive | وَظِيفَتَيْنِ waẓīfatayni |
الْوَظِيفَتَيْنِ al-waẓīfatayni |
وَظِيفَتَيْ waẓīfatay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote; basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَظَائِف; وُظُف waẓāʔif; wuẓuf |
الْوَظَائِف; الْوُظُف al-waẓāʔif; al-wuẓuf |
وَظَائِف; وُظُف waẓāʔif; wuẓuf |
| nominative | وَظَائِفُ; وُظُفٌ waẓāʔifu; wuẓufun |
الْوَظَائِفُ; الْوُظُفُ al-waẓāʔifu; al-wuẓufu |
وَظَائِفُ; وُظُفُ waẓāʔifu; wuẓufu |
| accusative | وَظَائِفَ; وُظُفًا waẓāʔifa; wuẓufan |
الْوَظَائِفَ; الْوُظُفَ al-waẓāʔifa; al-wuẓufa |
وَظَائِفَ; وُظُفَ waẓāʔifa; wuẓufa |
| genitive | وَظَائِفَ; وُظُفٍ waẓāʔifa; wuẓufin |
الْوَظَائِفِ; الْوُظُفِ al-waẓāʔifi; al-wuẓufi |
وَظَائِفِ; وُظُفِ waẓāʔifi; wuẓufi |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: vəzifə
- → Bashkir: вазифа (vazifa)
- → Crimean Tatar: вазифе, vazife
- → Kyrgyz: вазифа (vazifa)
- → Ottoman Turkish: وظیفه (vazıfe, vazıfa)
- > Turkish: vazife (inherited)
- → Persian: وظیفه (vazife)
- → Tatar: вазифа (wazifa), wazıyfa
- → Tajik: вазифа (vazifa)
- → Turkmen: wezipe
- → Uyghur: ۋەزىپە (wezipe)
- → Uzbek: vazifa
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وظيفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa).
Pronunciation
Noun
وظيفة • (waẓīfe) f (plural وظايف (waẓāyef))