وقفہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَقْفَه (waqfa), from Arabic وَقْفَة (waqfa).

Noun

وَقْفَہ • (vaqfa) m (Hindi spelling वक़्फ़ा)

1. space, gap
2. interval, pause, intermission
3. (typography) semicolon ؛

Declension

Declension of وقفہ

	singular	plural
direct	وقفَہ (vaqfah)	وقفے (vaqfe)
oblique	وقفے (vaqfe)	وقفوں (vaqfõ)
vocative	وقفے (vaqfe)	وقفو (vaqfo)

References

• “وقفہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “وقفہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.