English → Arabic
wake in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- istaqẓa
- Arabizi
istayqaDH- Type
- verb
- Root
- ق ظ ظ
How to use it
استيقظ is the past tense of the verb “to wake”. In the present tense it becomes يَسْتَيْقِظُ (yastaqẓu). Use it for both self‑waking and waking someone else (with an object).
Example sentences
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اِسْتَيْقَظْتُ مُبَكِّراً الْيَوْمَ
istaqẓtu mubakkiran al-yawma
I woke up early today.
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هَلْ تَسْتَيْقِظُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ؟
hal tastayqiẓu kulla ṣabāḥin?
Do you wake up every morning?
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عَلَىٰ أَنْ تَسْتَيْقِظَ بَعْدَ سَاعَةٍ
ʿalā an tastayqiẓa baʿda sāʿatin
You should wake after an hour.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Wake up!
استيقظ!
I wake up early.
أستيقظ مبكراً.
"Wake up, my son!
المصدر: "Beyond Words Gaza".
Please wake up at 7.
من فضلك، استيقظ على الساعة السابعة.
I wake up very early.
أنا أستيقظ مبكراً جداً.
I should wake up Tom.
عليّ إيقاظ توم.
The Rupee’s Wake-Up Call
الروبية و
Europe’s Nobel Wake-Up Call
أوروبا ونداء التنبيه من نوبل
Pleo, wake up. Pleo, come on.
هيا إستيقظ. هيا
Wake not at every dog's bark.
لا تستيقظ عند كل نباح كلب.
Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
استيقظي ايتها الرباب والعود انا استيقظ سحرا.
Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
استيقظ يا مجدي. استيقظي يا رباب ويا عود انا استيقظ سحرا.
Questions and answers
What is the present form?
يَسْتَيْقِظُ (yastaqẓu).
How to say “wake up” as a command?
اِسْتَيْقِظْ (istaqẓ).
Related words and expressions
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