No. 5,307 in Arabic

تغلق

"تغلق" means "she/it closes" or "is closing."

In a sentence

الموظفة تغلق الباب بعد انتهاء الاجتماع.
The employee closes the door after the meeting ends.
Here, "تغلق" means to close, and it's used to describe the action of someone physically closing a door.
العاصفة تغلق الطرق وتعرقل الحركة.
The storm closes the roads and disrupts movement.
In this sentence, "تغلق" is metaphorically used to indicate the storm causing roads to be inaccessible.
المدينة تغلق منشآتها العامة في يوم العطلة.
The city closes its public facilities on the holiday.
"تغلق" is employed here to describe the official cessation of operation for public facilities by the city authorities.

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