# توقف
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Mediopassive of وَقَّفَ (waqqafa, “to stop (transitive), to bring to a stop”), from the root و ق ف (w q f); compare وَقَفَ (waqafa, “to stop (intransitive)”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.waq.qa.fa/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

تَوَقَّفَ • (tawaqqafa) V (non-past يَتَوَقَّفُ (yatawaqqafu), verbal noun تَوَقُّف (tawaqquf))
* to stop, to come to a stop; to come to an end
    تَوَقَّفَ ٱلزَّمَنُ ― tawaqqafa z-zamanu ― The time stopped.
* to depend on (something) [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.waq.quf/

#### Noun

تَوَقُّف • (tawaqquf) m
* verbal noun of تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqafa) (form V)
* stopping (intransitive)
* hesitating
* perseverance
* expectation, dependency

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: təvəqqüf
* → Ottoman Turkish: توقف
** → Turkish: tevakkuf

#### References

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

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic تَوَقُّف (tawaqquf), verbal noun of تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqafa).

### Noun

توقف • (tevakkuf)
* stopping, standing still
* remaining in a place; stay
* dependence

#### Related terms

* وقف (vakıf)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: tevakkuf

### See also

* اگلشمك (eğleşmek, “to stop, delay, stay”)

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevakkuf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “توقف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 612
* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1164

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَقُّف (tawaqquf).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ta.waq.ˈquf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.wäq.qʊ́f]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.wäq.qʊ́f]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰä.wäq.qʊ́f]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰä.wäq.qúf]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰæ.væʁ.ɢóf]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.väq.qúf]

### Noun

توقف • (tavaqqof)
* stop, stopping, halt
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 196:ساقی چو جهان فانیست جام آر توقف چیست کامروز سلیمی نیست بر ملکت جم قانعsāqī čū jahān fānī-st jām ār tawaqquf čī-st k-imrōz salīmī nīst bar malakat-i jam qāni'Cupbearer, since the world is ephemeral, bring the cup! Why this halt? For today, Selim is not content with Jamshid's dominion.(Classical Persian transliteration)
** 2016 April 11, “توقف ارسال ایمیل‌های خبری روزانه از بی‌بی‌سی فارسی”, in bbc.com/persian‎, BBC Persian:توقف ارسال ایمیل‌های خبری روزانه از بی‌بی‌سی فارسیtavaqqof-e ersâl-e imeyl-hâ-ye xabari-ye ruzâne az bi-bi-si fârsiCessation of dispatch of daily email newsletters from BBC Persian

#### Derived terms

* توقف کردن (tavaqqof kardan)

### Further reading

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “توقف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “توقف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqafa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /twaʔ.ʔaf/, [ɪtˈwaʔ.ʔaf]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

توقف • (twaʔʔaf) V (present بتوقّف (bitwaʔʔaf))
* (intransitive) to stop, to halt
* (passive voice) to be arrested
* to depend (+ على)
    Synonym: تعلّق (tʕallaʔ)