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:

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Noun

وَظِيفَة • (waẓīfa) f (plural وَظَائِف (waẓāʔif) or وُظُف (wuẓuf))

1. job, profession, occupation

   هَلْ تَبْحَثُ عَن وَظِيفَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ؟

   hal tabḥaṯu ʕan waẓīfatin jadīdatin?

   Are you looking for a new job?

2. employment
3. (general, mathematics, computing) function
4. daily ration of food
5. pay, salary, pension
6. office, dignity
7. task, duty
8. aim
9. business
10. agreement
11. (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

Declension of noun وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa)

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

• IPA^(key): /wa.zˤiː.fe/, [wɑˈzˤiː.fe]
• IPA^(key): /wa.zˤiː.fa/, [wɑˈzˤiː.fa]

• Audio (Amman):

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Noun

وظيفة • (waẓīfe) f (plural وظايف (waẓāyef))

1. post, position, job
2. homework