طاق

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Arabic

Etymology 1

    Root
    ط و ق (ṭ w q)
    4 terms

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    طَاقَ (ṭāqa) I (non-past يَطُوقُ (yaṭūqu), verbal noun طَوْق (ṭawq) or طَاقَة (ṭāqa))

    1. to be able to do (something) (to be capable of doing)
    2. to be able to do (something) (to be in a position to do)
    3. to bear, to tolerate
      Synonym: اِحْتَمَل (iḥtamal)
    Conjugation

    Etymology 2

    From Middle Iranian *tāk (arch); compare Middle Persian (tʾg /⁠tāg⁠/, arch). Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *teg- (to cover; roof), and akin to Latin toga (garment) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, roof).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    طَاق (ṭāqm (plural طِيقَان (ṭīqān))

    1. arch
    Declension
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Ottoman Turkish: طاق (tak)
      • Turkish: tak
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Latin script: tȁk
        Cyrillic script: та̏к

    References

    Hijazi Arabic

    Root
    ط ي ق
    2 terms

    Etymology

    From Arabic طَاقَ (ṭāqa, to bear).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    طاق (ṭāg) I (non-past يطيق (yiṭīg))

    1. to bear
      Synonyms: اَسْتَحْمَل (astaḥmal), اتحمل (atḥammal)
      لازِم تِطِيقُه عَشان تِقْدَر تِشْتَغِل مَعاه
      lāzim tiṭīgu ʕašān tigdar tištaḡil maʕā
      You have to bear to be able to work with him

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of طاق
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m طقت (ṭigt) طقت (ṭigt) طاق (ṭāg) طقنا (ṭigna) طقتوا (ṭigtu) طاقوا (ṭāgu)
    f طقتي (ṭigti) طاقت (ṭāgat)
    non-past m أطيق (ʔaṭīg) تطيق (tiṭīg) يطيق (yiṭīg) نطيق (niṭīg) تطيقوا (tiṭīgu) يطيقوا (yiṭīgu)
    f تطيقي (tiṭīgi) تطيق (tiṭīg)
    imperative m طيق (ṭīg) طيقوا (ṭīgu)
    f طيقي (ṭīgi)

    Ottoman Turkish

    طاق

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq, arch), from Middle Iranian *tāk (arch), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *teg- (to cover; roof).

    Noun

    طاق (tak) (plural طیقان (tikan))

    1. arch, a curved, vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it
      Synonym: كمر (kemer)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Turkish: tak
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: tȁk
      Cyrillic script: та̏к

    Further reading

    Persian

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? tāq
    Dari reading? tāq
    Iranian reading? tâğ
    Tajik reading? toq

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq), itself borrowed from Middle Persian 𐫤𐫀𐫃 (tʾg /⁠tāg⁠/, arch), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-, whence also English thatch, Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, roof).

    طاق

    Noun

    طاق (tâq) (plural طاق‌ها (tâq-hâ))

    1. vault, arch
      • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 105:
        چشمم منورست ز محراب ابرویت
        از طاق زینت است بلی آبگینه را
        čašmam munawwar ast zi mihrāb-i abrūyat
        az tāq zīnat ast balē ābgīna rā
        My eyes are shining from the mihrab of your eyebrows;
        Yes, the beauty of the glass comes from the vault.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
    Alternative forms
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Armenian: թաղ (tʻaġ)
    • Azerbaijani: tağ

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Arabic , itself borrowed from Middle Persian (tʾk' /⁠tāg⁠/, item; unit; single; branch). Doublet of تا (), which is inherited.

    Adjective

    طاق (tâq)

    1. (mathematics, uncommon) odd
      Synonym: فرد (fard)
      Antonym: زوج (zowj)
      عدد طاقadad-e tâqodd number

    References

    • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “tʾg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ط ي ق
    1 term

    Etymology

    From Arabic طَاقَ (ṭāqa).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tˤaːʔ/,
    • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

    Verb

    طاق (ṭāʔ) I (present بطيق (biṭīʔ))

    1. to endure, to stand, to bear
      Synonym: تحمّل (tḥammal)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of طاق
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m طقت (ṭiʔt) طقت (ṭiʔt) طاق (ṭāʔ) طقنا (ṭiʔna) طقتو (ṭiʔtu) طاقو (ṭāʔu)
    f طقتي (ṭiʔti) طاقت (ṭāʔat)
    present m بطيق (baṭīʔ) بتطيق (bitṭīʔ) بطيق (biṭīʔ) منطيق (minṭīʔ) بتطيقو (bitṭīʔu) بطيقو (biṭīʔu)
    f بتطيقي (bitṭīʔi) بتطيق (bitṭīʔ)
    subjunctive m اطيق (aṭīʔ) تطيق (tṭīʔ) يطيق (yṭīʔ) نطيق (nṭīʔ) تطيقو (tṭīʔu) يطيقو (yṭīʔu)
    f تطيقي (tṭīʔi) تطيق (tṭīʔ)
    imperative m طيق (ṭīʔ) طيقو (ṭīʔu)
    f طيقي (ṭīʔi)

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian طاق (tâq), ultimately from Middle Persian (tʾg /⁠tāg⁠/, arch).

    Noun

    طاق (tāq? (Hindi spelling ताक़)

    1. niche