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تَطْبِيق

application (as in a software app, or the act of applying/implementing something) /tˤɑtˤˈbiːq/

nounB1#2863 most common

Also: app, implementation, enforcement

Example sentences

هَذَا تَطْبِيقٌ جَمِيلٌ.
This is a nice app.
أُحِبُّ هَذَا التَّطْبِيقَ كَثِيرًا.
I like this app a lot.
حَمَّلْتُ تَطْبِيقًا جَدِيدًا عَلَى هَاتِفِي.
I downloaded a new app on my phone.
يَحْتَاجُ تَطْبِيقُ القَانُونِ إِلَى تَعَاوُنِ الجَمِيعِ.
Enforcing the law requires everyone's cooperation.
طَوَّرَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ تَطْبِيقًا يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى الذَّكَاءِ الِاصْطِنَاعِيِّ لِتَحْلِيلِ البَيَانَاتِ.
The company developed an app that relies on artificial intelligence to analyze data.
يَتَطَلَّبُ تَطْبِيقُ الإِصْلَاحَاتِ الِاقْتِصَادِيَّةِ إِرَادَةً سِيَاسِيَّةً رَاسِخَةً وَتَنْسِيقًا دَقِيقًا بَيْنَ المُؤَسَّسَاتِ.
Implementing economic reforms requires firm political will and precise coordination among institutions.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeتَطْبِيقٌتَطْبِيقَاتٌ
Genitiveتَطْبِيقٍتَطْبِيقَاتٍ
Accusativeتَطْبِيقًاتَطْبِيقَاتٍ
Vocativeتَطْبِيقُتَطْبِيقَاتُ

Word family

طَبَّقَto apply, to implement
مُطَبَّقapplied, implemented
تَطْبِيقِيّapplied, practical (as in applied sciences)
طَبَقَةlayer, class, stratum

Etymology

تَطْبِيق is the verbal noun of the Form II verb طَبَّقَ, built on the Semitic root ط-ب-ق, which carries the core sense of matching, covering, or making one thing correspond to another. From this base, Arabic developed the general meaning of applying a rule, method, or system. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the same word was extended to mean a software application, tracking the English word app.

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