صوت

العربية

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صوت

/sˤawt/

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The sense “vote” is probably a loan translation from a European language, most likely French voix, but compare also German Stimme and stimmen, Russian голос (golos) and голосовать (golosovatʹ), etc.

noun صَوْت · ṣawt · أَصْوَات · الصَّوْت

a sound (of a thing, an animal, and so on) هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ التَّحَدُثَ بِصَوْتٍ أَعْلَى.
the sound of human speech or human singing, a voice
a vote; a ballot فِي الاِنْتِخَابَاتِ، سَيَقُومُ الْمُوَاطِنُونَ بِإِلْقَاءِ صَوْتِهِمْ لِاخْتِيَارِ الْمُرَشِّحِ الْأَنْسَبِ.

verb صَوَّتَ · ṣawwata · يُصَوِّتُ · تَصْوِيت · مُصَوِّت

to make a sound, to sound
to vote

In English

sound sensation perceived by the ear
voice sound uttered by the mouth
vote formalised choice

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {صوت},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}