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وِكالَة
agency /wiˈkaː.la/
nounA2#1219 most common
Also: proxy, representation, power of attorney, caravanserai (historical Egyptian usage)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ وِكالَةُ سَفَرٍ.
This is a travel agency.
أَعمَلُ في وِكالَةِ أَنباءٍ.
I work at a news agency.
حَجَزتُ رِحلَتي عَن طَريقِ وِكالَةِ سِياحَةٍ قَريبَةٍ.
I booked my trip through a nearby tourism agency.
نَشَرَتِ الوِكالَةُ خَبَرًا عاجِلًا عَنِ الانتِخاباتِ.
The agency published breaking news about the elections.
مَنَحتُهُ وِكالَةً قانونِيَّةً لِإِدارَةِ أَملاكي أَثناءَ سَفَري.
I granted him a legal power of attorney to manage my property while I traveled.
تَتَمَتَّعُ الوِكالَةُ بِصَلاحِياتٍ واسِعَةٍ تُخَوِّلُها التَّفاوُضَ نِيابَةً عَنِ الشَّرِكَةِ في العُقودِ الدَّوْلِيَّةِ.
The agency holds broad powers that authorize it to negotiate on the company's behalf in international contracts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وِكالَةٌ | وِكالاتٌ |
| Genitive | وِكالَةٍ | وِكالاتٍ |
| Accusative | وِكالَةً | وِكالاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا وِكالَةُ | يا وِكالاتُ |
Word family
وَكيلagent, deputy, representative
تَوكيلauthorization, power of attorney
وَكَّلَto appoint as an agent, to authorize
مُوَكِّلprincipal, the one who appoints an agent
Etymology
وِكالة derives from the Semitic triliteral root و-ك-ل (w-k-l), which means to entrust or delegate. It follows the fiʿāla pattern, which forms nouns of office or occupation, so the word names the function of acting as someone's agent. The same root yields وَكيل (agent) and تَوكيل (power of attorney).
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