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وَظِيفَة

job

Noun · feminineRoot و-ظ-ف

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Highlights

Plural
وَظَائِف
Other plural
وُظُف

Most common words from the same root

Noun
employee
Verb · Form II
وَظَّفَ
to assign an office to
Noun
تَوْظِيف
employment

وَظِيفَة in English

Noun · feminine

  1. job, profession, occupation
    هَلْ تَبْحَثُ عَن وَظِيفَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ؟Are you looking for a new job?
  2. employment
  3. function
  4. daily ration of food
  5. pay, salary, pension
  6. office, dignity
  7. task, duty
  8. aim
  9. business
  10. agreement
  11. 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

Word origin

From the root و ظ ف (w ẓ f). See also تَوْظِيف (tawẓīf).

Words from the root و-ظ-ف

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

وَظَّفَ · present يُوَظِّفُ

to assign an office to; to employ

تَوْظِيف
Verbal noun
employment
مُوَظِّف
Active participle
Passive participle
employee
تَوَظَّفَ · present يَتَوَظَّفُ

to have or get a job, hold or get appointed into office

تَوَظُّف
Verbal noun
مُتَوَظِّف
Active participle
مُتَوَظَّف
Passive participle
Noun · f.
job

وَظِيفَة: plural and other forms

Singularوَظِيفَة
Pluralوَظَائِف
Alternative pluralsوُظُف

وَظِيفَة in a sentence

Dictionary examples

job

هَلْ تَبْحَثُ عَن وَظِيفَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ؟Are you looking for a new job?

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