واقعه

See also: واقعة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa, “event, incident”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑː.qi.ˈʔa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.qe̞.ʔǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.qe̞.ʔǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.qi.jǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.qi.jǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.ʁe.ʔé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.qi.ʔǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāqi'a
Dari reading?	wāqe'a
Iranian reading?	vâğe'e
Tajik reading?	voqiʾa

Noun

واقِعِه • (vâqe'e) (plural وقایع (vaqâye') or واقعات (vâqe'ât) or واقعه‌ها (vâqe'e-hâ))

1. event, occurrence, incident

   Synonyms: حادثه (hâdese), اتفاق (ettefâq)

   واقعه غریب ― vâqe'e-ye ğarib ― strange event

2. accident, incident

   Synonyms: تصادف (tasâdof), حادثه (hâdese)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “واقعه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “واقعه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press