لحظة

See also: لحظه and لحظہ

Arabic

Root
ل ح ظ (l-ḥ-ẓ)

Etymology

Instance noun from the root ل ح ظ (l-ḥ-ẓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laħ.ðˤa/

• Audio:

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Noun

لَحْظَة • (laḥẓa) f (plural لَحَظَات (laḥaẓāt))

1. (time, countable) moment, instant

Declension

Declension of noun لَحْظَة (laḥẓa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَحْظَة laḥẓa	اللَّحْظَة al-laḥẓa	لَحْظَة laḥẓat
Nominative	لَحْظَةٌ laḥẓatun	اللَّحْظَةُ al-laḥẓatu	لَحْظَةُ laḥẓatu
Accusative	لَحْظَةً laḥẓatan	اللَّحْظَةَ al-laḥẓata	لَحْظَةَ laḥẓata
Genitive	لَحْظَةٍ laḥẓatin	اللَّحْظَةِ al-laḥẓati	لَحْظَةِ laḥẓati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَحْظَتَيْن laḥẓatayn	اللَّحْظَتَيْن al-laḥẓatayn	لَحْظَتَيْ laḥẓatay
Nominative	لَحْظَتَانِ laḥẓatāni	اللَّحْظَتَانِ al-laḥẓatāni	لَحْظَتَا laḥẓatā
Accusative	لَحْظَتَيْنِ laḥẓatayni	اللَّحْظَتَيْنِ al-laḥẓatayni	لَحْظَتَيْ laḥẓatay
Genitive	لَحْظَتَيْنِ laḥẓatayni	اللَّحْظَتَيْنِ al-laḥẓatayni	لَحْظَتَيْ laḥẓatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَحَظَات laḥaẓāt	اللَّحَظَات al-laḥaẓāt	لَحَظَات laḥaẓāt
Nominative	لَحَظَاتٌ laḥaẓātun	اللَّحَظَاتُ al-laḥaẓātu	لَحَظَاتُ laḥaẓātu
Accusative	لَحَظَاتٍ laḥaẓātin	اللَّحَظَاتِ al-laḥaẓāti	لَحَظَاتِ laḥaẓāti
Genitive	لَحَظَاتٍ laḥaẓātin	اللَّحَظَاتِ al-laḥaẓāti	لَحَظَاتِ laḥaẓāti

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: لَحْظَة
• → Azerbaijani: ləhzə
• → Persian: لحظه
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: लहज़ा (lahzā)

    Urdu: لحظہ

• → Ottoman Turkish: لحظه (lahza)
  • Turkish: lahza
• → Uzbek: lahza

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ل ح ظ
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَحْظَة (laḥẓa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laħ.zˤa/, /laħ.ðˤa/

Noun

لحظة • (laḥẓa) f (plural لحظات (laḥẓāt))

1. moment
2. instant

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ح ظ
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَحْظَة (laḥẓa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laħ.zˤe/, [ˈlaħ.zˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): /laħ.zˤa/, [ˈlaħ.zˤɑ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

لحظة • (laḥẓa) f (plural لحظات (laḥẓāt))

1. moment

See also

• (units of time) وحدات الوقت (waḥdāt il-waʔt); سنة (sane, “year”), شهر (šahr, “month”), أسبوع (ʔusbūʕ, “week”), يوم (yōm, “day”), ساعة (sāʕa, “hour”), دقيقة (daʔīʔa, “minute”), ثانية (ṯānye, “second”), لحظة (laḥẓa, “moment”)