Arabic for think

fakkara

ﻓَﻜَّﺮَ

think – past tense he

yufakkiru

ﻳُﻔَﻜِّﺮُ

think – present tense he

The Arabic verb for think is written ﻓَﻜَّﺮَ and pronunced fakkara in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻔَﻜِّﺮُ and pronounced yufakkiru. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word think

You used to sit on the train, read books and sometimes look down and think.⁶

Yes, what were you thinking about, really?⁶

na3am bimaadhaa fakkarta Haqqan?

ﻧَﻌَﻢ ﺑِﻤَﺎﺫَﺍ ﻓَﻜَّﺮﺕَ ﺣَﻘّﺎً؟

Were you thinking about the city that you live in?⁶

hal kunta tufakkiru bialmadiinati allatii ta3iishu fiihaa?

ﻫَﻞ ﻛُﻨﺖَ ﺗُﻔَﻜِّﺮُ ﺑِﺎَﻟﻤَﺪِﻳﻨَﺔِ ﺍَﻟَّﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌِﻴﺶُ ﻓِﻴﻬَﺎ؟

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Important letters: ﻑ ﻙ ﺭ

The root of the word think consists of three Arabic letters: fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f, kaf that is written ﻙ and pronounced k and ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to think

All letters in think

ﻓَﻜَّﺮَ

ﻓـ

ـﻜـ

ـﺮ

ﻓـ

ـﻜـ

ـﺮ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﻙ

ﻛـ

ـﻜـ

ـﻚ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

kaf

The Arabic word for think consists of: The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ﻓـ ) and pronounced f and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ـﻜـ ) and pronounced k and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻓَﻜَّﺮَ and pronounced fakkara.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for think

fa33ala becomes fakkara

We have seen that the Arabic word for think is written ﻓَﻜَّﺮَ and pronounced fakkara. It follows the pattern verb form 2. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa33ala and the root letters are f, k and r, the word becomes fakkara.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns