# توقع
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

تَوَقَّعَ • (tawaqqaʕa) V (non-past يَتَوَقَّعُ (yatawaqqaʕu), verbal noun تَوَقُّع (tawaqquʕ))
* to expect (something), to look for, to prepare oneself for, to anticipate, to hope

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “توقع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

تَوَقُّع • (tawaqquʕ) m
* verbal noun of تَوَقَّعَ (tawaqqaʕa) (form V)
* expectation
* anticipation
* hope

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Verb

توقع (form II)
* تُوَقِّعُ (tuwaqqiʕu) /tu.waq.qi.ʕu/: inflection of وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُوَقَّعُ (tuwaqqaʕu) /tu.waq.qa.ʕu/: inflection of وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تُوَقِّعَ (tuwaqqiʕa) /tu.waq.qi.ʕa/: inflection of وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُوَقَّعَ (tuwaqqaʕa) /tu.waq.qa.ʕa/: inflection of وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تُوَقِّعْ (tuwaqqiʕ) /tu.waq.qiʕ/: inflection of وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُوَقَّعْ (tuwaqqaʕ) /tu.waq.qaʕ/: inflection of وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

توقع (form IV)
* تُوقِعُ (tūqiʕu) /tuː.qi.ʕu/: inflection of أَوْقَعَ (ʔawqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُوقَعُ (tūqaʕu) /tuː.qa.ʕu/: inflection of أَوْقَعَ (ʔawqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تُوقِعَ (tūqiʕa) /tuː.qi.ʕa/: inflection of أَوْقَعَ (ʔawqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُوقَعَ (tūqaʕa) /tuː.qa.ʕa/: inflection of أَوْقَعَ (ʔawqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تُوقِعْ (tūqiʕ) /tuː.qiʕ/: inflection of أَوْقَعَ (ʔawqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُوقَعْ (tūqaʕ) /tuː.qaʕ/: inflection of أَوْقَعَ (ʔawqaʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَقُّع (tawaqquʕ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ta.waq.ˈquʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.wäq.qʊ́ʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.wäq.qʊ́ʔ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰä.wäq.qʊ́]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰä.wäq.qú]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰæ.væʁ.ɢóʔ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.väq.qɵ́ʔ]

### Noun

توقع • (tavaqqo') (plural توقعات (tavaqqo'ât))
* expectation
    توقع این است که روز شنبه کابینه دولت کامل شود.tavaqqo' in ast ke ruz-e šambe kâbine-ye dowlat kâmel šavad.The expectation is that the government cabinet will be complete by Saturday.

#### Derived terms

* پرتوقع (por-tavaqqo')

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “توقع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَوَقَّعَ (tawaqqaʕa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /twaʔ.ʔaʕ/, [ɪtˈwaʔ.ʔaʕ]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /twaɡ.ɡaʕ/, [ɪtˈwaɡ.ɡaʕ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

توقّع • (twaʔʔaʕ) V (present بتوقّع (bitwaʔʔaʕ))
* to expect, to anticipate

#### Conjugation
## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian توقع (tawaqqu'), from Arabic تَوَقُّع (tawaqquʕ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪ə.ʋəq.qoː(ʔ)/

### Noun

تَوَقُّع • (tavaqqo') f (formal plural توقعات, Hindi spelling तवक़्क़ो)
* hope, expectation
* wish, desire

### References

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