ضغط

العربية

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ضغط¹

  • /dˤa.ɣa.tˤa/

Where it comes from

First attested in 660.

verb ضَغَطَ · ḍaḡaṭa · يَضْغَطُ · ضَغْط · ضَاغِط

  1. intransitive to press, to apply pressure to
  2. intransitive, transitive to activate (a button or key)
  3. transitive to compress, to compact, to squeeze
  4. figuratively, transitive to make concise, to condense or abridge (e.g. one's speech) ضَغَطَ الْكَلَامَ
  5. intransitive to force, to pressure (someone to do something)
  6. intransitive to oppress, to pressure, to bear down

ضغط²

  • /dˤaɣtˤ/
  • [ðˤɑʁtˤ] Iraq

Where it comes from

First attested in 620.

noun ضَغْط · ḍaḡṭ · ضُغُوط · الضَّغْط

  1. pressure, tension
  2. emphasis, stress
  3. oppression, suppression
  4. pressure (the amount of force acting upon a given area) ضَغْط جَوِّيّ
  5. abbreviation, ellipsis ellipsis of ضَغْط اَلدَّمّ (ḍaḡṭ ad-damm, “blood pressure”) وأضافت الدكتورة فاطمة أنه يفضل أخذ قراءتين تفصل بينهما دقيقة أو دقيقتان، وتسجيل القراءات، ويمكن قياس الضغط صباحا ومساء عدة أيام للحصول على متوسط أدق.
  6. compression, data compression

In English

  • pressure a pressing; force applied to a surface
  • press to apply pressure

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"ضغط." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B6%D8%BA%D8%B7. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"ضغط." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B6%D8%BA%D8%B7.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ضغط},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B6%D8%BA%D8%B7},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-ضغط.ogg.