হক

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Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq). Cognate with Hindi हक़ (haq), Punjabi ਹੱਕ (hakka) / حَق (ḥaq), Gujarati હક (hak), Marathi हक्क (hakka). Doublet of হকিকত (hokikot).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɦɔk/, ,
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɦɔk/, ,

Adjective

হক • (hok) (comparative আরও হক, superlative সবচেয়ে হক)

  1. just, right
  2. true, correct
    এটিই হক
    eṭii hok
    This is the truth.
    তুমি তোমার হক পথে থেকে কাজ করে যাও।
    tumi tōmar hok pothe theke kaj kore jaō.
    Keep working on your correct path.
    —Sadruddin

Noun

হক • (hok) (objective হক (hok) or হককে (hokoke), genitive হকের (hoker), locative হকে (hoke) or হকেতে (hokete))

  1. truth
    হকের বদলে বাতিল বলা এক বড় গুনাহ।
    hoker bodole batil bola ek boṛ gunah.
    Telling lies instead of truths is a severe sin.
  2. right, just claim
    তখতের হক তারই
    tokhter hok taroi
    Verily the right to the throne is his
    —Syed Mujtaba Ali
  3. (Islam) Allah, the Eternal Truth

Proper noun

হক • (hok)

  1. a surname, Haque or Hoque, from Arabic

Derived terms

References

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