اوقات

See also: أوقات

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaw.ˈqaːt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.qɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.qɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.qɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.qɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔow.ɢɒ́ːt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.qɔ́t̪]

• Rhymes: -aːt

Readings
Classical reading?	awqāt
Dari reading?	awqāt
Iranian reading?	owġât
Tajik reading?	avqot

Noun

اوقات • (awqāt / owġât) (Tajik spelling авқот)

1. plural of وقت: times

   دَر اُوقاتِ فَراغَت چِه کار می‌کُنی؟ (Iranian Persian, informal)

   dar owġât-e farâġat če kâr mi-koni?

   What do you do in your free time?

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْقَات (ʔawqāt), the plural of وَقْت (waqt), whence Urdu وَقْت (vaqt, “time”).

Although this is the formal plural of vaqt, it is generally used as a singular feminine noun with a different sense from "time".

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɔː.qɑːt̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

اَوقات • (auqāt) f (Hindi spelling औक़ात)

1. means, capacity, ability

   اَپْنی اَوقات میں رَہو!

   apnī auqāt mẽ raho!

   Stay within your place!

   (literally, “own capacity in stay”)

2. circumstances, situation
3. plural of وَقْت (vaqt): times

Related terms

• بَعْض اَوقات (ba'z auqāt, “from time to time, sometimes”)