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worried in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- qaliq
- Arabizi
9ali9- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Plural
- قَلِقُونَ qaliqūn
- Root
- ق ل ق
Other meanings
- قَلِقَة qaliqah — worried · worried, anxious (fem.)
How to use it
'Qaliq' (m.) and 'qaliqah' (f.) are adjectives meaning worried or anxious. They are often used with the preposition 'ʿalā' (on/about) or 'min' (from/about) when specifying what someone is worried about.
Example sentences
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كان الأب قلقًا على ابنه المسافر.
Kāna al-ab qaliqan ʿalā ibnihi al-musāfir.
The father was worried about his traveling son.
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البنت قلقة بشأن الامتحان القادم.
Al-bintu qaliqah bisyāʾni al-imtiḥān al-qādim.
The girl is worried about the upcoming exam.
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نشعر بالقلق عندما نتأخر عن الموعد.
Nashʿuru bil-qalaqi ʿindamā nataʾakhkharu ʿan al-mawʿid.
We feel worried when we are late for the appointment.
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.
You're worried.
تشعر بالقلق.
I'm not worried.
أنا لست قلقاً.
But he also worried.
إلا أنه كان قلقاً أيضاً.
My mom must be worried.
من المحتمل أن تكون أمّي قلقة.
I'm not worried about it.
لست قلقا بشأنه
Layla is worried about you.
ليلى قلقة بشأنك.
Should Europeans be worried?
ولكن هل ينبغي للأوروبيين أن يشعروا بالقلق حقا؟
We're very worried about you.
قلقلنا من أجلك كثيرا.
Badawi is right to be worried.
الحقيقة أن مخاوف بدوي في محلها.
Sami's teachers worried about him.
كان مدرّسو سامي قلقون بشأنه.
PRINCETON – The world should be worried.
برينستون ــ ينبغي للعالم أن يشعر بالقلق.
I was worried about vaginas. I was worried what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them.
كنت قلقة على المهابل. كنت قلقة بصدد ما نعتقده عن المهابل, و اكثرا قلقا من أننا لا نفكر فيها.
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