side, direction
وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌFor each [religious following] is a direction toward which it faces. So race to [all that is] good. Wherever you may be, Allah will bring you forth [for judgement] all together. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:148
destination, endpoint of a journey or trip
viewpoint, point of view
وِجْهَةُ نَظَرٍpoint of view

Words from the root و-ج-ه

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وَجُهَ · present يَوْجُهُ

Form I · The plain action

to be a man of distinction, to be notable

وَجَاهَة

Verbal noun

وَجِيه

Active participle · Adjective

eminent

وَجِيه

Active participle

leader

وَجُه

Active participle

وَجَّهَ · present يُوَجِّهُ

Form II · Causative or intensive

to raise to eminence, to distinguish, to honor; to turn one’s face, to turn; to head for

تَوْجِيه

Verbal noun

directing

مُوَجِّه

Active participle

مُوَجَّه

Passive participle

وَاجَهَ · present يُوَاجِهُ

Form III · Done to or with someone

to face, to be confronted with, to confront

مُوَاجَهَة

Verbal noun

مُوَاجِه

Active participle

مُوَاجَه

Passive participle

تَوَجَّهَ · present يَتَوَجَّهُ

Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to wend one's way, to go; to be directed

تَوَجُّه

Verbal noun

attention

مُتَوَجِّه

Active participle

اِتَّجَهَ · present يَتَّجِهُ

Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to direct to, to turn to, to be oriented to

اِتِّجَاه

Verbal noun

a direction

مُتَّجِه

Active participle · Adjective

directed

مُتَّجِه

Active participle

a vector

وَجْه

Noun · m.

essence

وِجْهَة

Noun

side

جِهَة

Noun · f.

side

وَاجِهَة

Noun · f.

face

أَوْجَه

Adjective

elative degree of وَجِيه

ذُو وَجْهَيْنِ

Noun · m.

وَجْه

وِجْهَة in a sentence

Dictionary examples

side

وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌFor each [religious following] is a direction toward which it faces. So race to [all that is] good. Wherever you may be, Allah will bring you forth [for judgement] all together. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:148

viewpoint

وِجْهَةُ نَظَرٍpoint of view

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