# موقع
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Noun of place, from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “to fall, to drop, to come to pass, to occur”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maw.qiʕ/

#### Noun

مَوْقِع • (mawqiʕ) m (plural مَوَاقِع (mawāqiʕ))
* site, position, emplacement, place, spot, scene, locus, locale, locality, location, venue
* time, date (on which something falls)
* place where a falling object lands
* (Internet) a website

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: mövqe
* → Classical Persian: موقع (mawqi', mawqa') (see there for further descendants)
* → Ottoman Turkish: موقع
** > Turkish: mevki (inherited)
* → Uzbek: mavqe

### Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of the verb وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa, “to sign”), from the root و ق ع (w q ʕ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.waq.qiʕ/

#### Noun

مُوَقِّع • (muwaqqiʕ) m
* signing
* signatory, signer

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Derived from the passive participle of the verb وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa, “to sign”), from the root و ق ع (w q ʕ).

#### Adjective

مُوَقَّع • (muwaqqaʕ) (feminine مُوَقَّعَة (muwaqqaʕa), masculine plural مُوَقَّعُونَ (muwaqqaʕūna), feminine plural مُوَقَّعَات (muwaqqaʕāt))
* entered, recorded, registered
* signed

##### Declension
## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [maw.ˈqiʔ], [maw.ˈqaʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäw.qɪ́ʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäw.qɪ́ʔ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mäw.qɪ́]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mäw.qí]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mow.ɢéʔ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäw.qéʔ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

موقع • (mowqe') (plural موقع‌ها (mowqe'-hâ) or مواقع (mavâqe'))
* time, moment (instance of time)
    موقع دیگر ― mowqe'-ye digar ― another time
    برخی مواقع ― barxi mavâqe' ― sometimes
    به موقعاشbe mowqe'-ašat the appropriate time(literally, “at its time”)
    سال دیگر این موقع می‌گویید کاش امروز شروع کرده بودیدsâl-e digar in mowqe' mi-guyid kâš emruz šoru' karde budid.This time next year you will say I wish I had started today.
** 2021, Amir Tataloo (lyrics and music), “من باهات قهرم”:بعضی موقع‌ها همه چی هست به جز اونیکه باید باشهba'zi mowqe'-hâ hame či hast be joz uni ke bâyad bâšeSometimes there's everything except what there needs to be[note: mowqe'-hâ actually pronounced as mowqâ]

#### Descendants

* → Ahirani: मोका (mokā)
* → Assamese: মৌকা (mouka)
* → Bagheli: मोका (mokā)
* → Bengali: মওকা (moōka)
* → Dogri: mauqā
    Devanagari script: मौक़ा
    Dogra script: 𑠢𑠶𑠊𑠺𑠬
* → Gojri: موقعو (moqo)
* → Gujarati: મોકો (moko)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मौक़ा (mauqā)
    Urdu: مَوقَع (mauqā)
*   * → Phalura:
       Latin script: mooqá
       Arabic script: موقع
* → Maithili: mōkā
    Devanagari script: मोका
    Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒼𑒏𑒰
* → Malvi: मोको (moko)
* → Marathi: मोका (mokā)
* → Marwari:
    Devanagari script: मौको (mauko), मौकौ (maukau)
    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅒𑅕𑅔 (muko), 𑅬𑅒𑅕𑅒 (muku)
* → Odia: ମୋକା (mokā)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੌਕ਼ਾ (mauqā)
    Shahmukhi script: مَوقَع (mauqaʻ)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: مَوْقو
    Devanagari script: मोक़ओ
    Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋧𑊺𑋩𑊸 (moqao)
* → Varhadi: मोक्का (mokkā)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian موقع (mauqi', mauqa', “time”), from Arabic مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mɔː.qɑː/
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: مَو‧قَعْ

### Noun

مَوقَعْ • (mauqa') m (formal plural مَوَاقِع (mavāqi'), Hindi spelling मौक़ा)
* chance, opportunity
    موقع گوانا نہیں چاہئے۔mauqaʻ gavānā nahīṉ cāhi'ye.You shouldn't waste an opportunity.

#### Descendants

* → Phalura:
    Latin script: mooqá
    Arabic script: موقع

### Further reading

* “موقع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “موقع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “موقع”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 621
* Platts, John T. (1884) “موقع”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1092
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “موقع”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* John Shakespear (1834) “موقع”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC