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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), Tamil அக்கு (akku). Doublet of হকিকত (hokikot).
Pronunciation
Adjective
হক • (hok) (comparative আরও হক, superlative সবচেয়ে হক)
- just, right
- true, correct
এটিই হক- eṭii hok
- This is the truth.
Noun
হক • (hok) (objective হক (hok) or হককে (hokoke), genitive হকের (hoker), locative হকে (hoke) or হকেতে (hokete))
- truth
হকের বদলে বাতিল বলা এক বড় গুনাহ।- hoker bodole batil bola ek boṛ gunah.
- Telling lies instead of truths is a severe sin.
- right, just claim
তখতের হক তারই- tokhter hok taroi
- Verily the right to the throne is his
- (Islam) Allah, the Eternal Truth
Proper noun
হক • (hok)
- a surname, Haque, Hoque, Haq, Huq, or Haqq, from Arabic
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