صادق

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص د ق (ṣ-d-q)

Derived from the active participle of صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa, to be sincere, to be right, to come true). Compare Hebrew צדיק (tsadiq, honest, righteous).

Adjective

صَادِق (ṣādiq) (feminine صَادِقَة (ṣādiqa), masculine plural صَادِقُون (ṣādiqūn), feminine plural صَادِقَات (ṣādiqāt) or صَوَادِقُ (ṣawādiqu), elative أَصْدَق (ʔaṣdaq))

  1. telling the truth, truthful, veracious
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:111:
      قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
      qul hātū burhānakum ʔin kuntum ṣādiqīna
      Say, ‘Produce your evidence, if you are telling the truth.’
  2. true
  3. sincere, candid
  4. genuine, faithful, authentic
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: sadiq
  • Ottoman Turkish: صادق
    > Crimean Tatar: sadık (inherited)
  • Persian: صادق
  • Uzbek: sodiq

Etymology 2

Form III from the root ص د ق (ṣ-d-q).

Verb

صَادَقَ (ṣādaqa) III, non-past يُصَادِقُ‎ (yuṣādiqu)

  1. to befriend
  2. to ratify, to certify, to substantiate
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From صَادِق (ṣādiq), active participle of صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa).

Proper noun

صَادِق (ṣādiqm

  1. a male given name: Sadiq, Sadeq, Sadegh
  2. (defined) Ja'far al-Sadiq

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ص د ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَادِق (ṣādiq).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صادق (ṣādig) (feminine صادقة (ṣādga), common plural صادقين (ṣādgīn))

  1. active participle of صَدَق (ṣadag)
  2. telling the truth, truthful, veracious

Ottoman Turkish

Adjective

صادق (sadık)

  1. loyal

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Arabic صَادِق (ṣādiq).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sāḏiq
Dari reading? sādiq
Iranian reading? sâdeğ
Tajik reading? sodiq

Adjective

صادق (sâdeq) (comparative صادق‌تَر (sâdeq-tar), superlative صادق‌تَرین (sâdeq-tarin))

  1. truthful
  2. true
  3. honest

Related terms

Proper noun

صادق (sâdeq)

  1. a male given name, Sadiq, Sadegh, or Sadeq, from Arabic
    صادق خانsâdeq xânSadiq Khan