موقع · مَوْقِع — time, moment, occasion (har mowqeʾ 'whenever'; un mowqeʾ 'at that time')
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Arabic
مَوْقِع
mawqiʿ/mawqiʕ/
In Arabic
site, location, position; website
Arabic says: وَقْت waqt
Persian
موقع
mowqeʾ/mowɢeʔ/
In Persian
time, moment, occasion (har mowqeʾ 'whenever'; un mowqeʾ 'at that time')
- Root
- و ق ع
Note. Persian mowqeʾ answers 'when?', Arabic mawqiʿ answers 'where?' (mawqiʿ iliktrūnī, a website). The place sense survives in Persian mowqeʾiyat, situation.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr