طوق

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Byform of طَابَق (ṭābaq), طَبَق (ṭabaq). Everything else in the root ط و ق (ṭ-w-q) is denominal from this word. Compare the cognate Classical Syriac ܛܰܘܩܳܐ (ṭawqā, dish) and ܛܰܒܩܳܐ (ṭaḇqā, dish), and كَوْكَب (kawkab) from Proto-Semitic *kabkab-.

Noun

طَوْق (ṭawqm (plural أَطْوَاق (ʔaṭwāq))

  1. anything that surrounds another thing, ring-shaped border, hoop, headband, necklace etc.
Declension
Descendants
  • Hijazi Arabic: طوق (ṭōg)
  • Maltese: tewq, tewk
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܩܐ (tōqā), ܛܘܩܐ (ṭūqā)
  • Northern Kurdish: t’oq
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوق (tavk, tok)
  • Persian: طوق (towq)

Etymology 2

From the root ط و ق (ṭ-w-q), denominal verb from the word above.

Verb

طَوَّقَ (ṭawwaqa) II (non-past يُطَوِّقُ (yuṭawwiqu), verbal noun تَطْوِيق (taṭwīq))

  1. (transitive) to put a hoop, ring, collar etc. around
  2. (transitive) to encircle, to surround
  3. (transitive) to cramp, to restrict that developments come out from the inner of or encroach upon from the outside, to lock up in its artistical capabilities or with legal power, to close off, to cordon off
  4. (ditransitive) to endow or to emburden with (also occurring in the idiom طَوَّقَ عُنْقَهُ بِـ (ṭawwaqa ʕunqa-hū bi, literally to put X on the neck of))
  5. (transitive) to press or to embrace in a good sense, to hug, to receive with open arms so to say, or perhaps to have someone on the lap, even so: يُطَوِّقُ يَدِي (yuṭawwiqu yad-ī, he holds my hand)
Conjugation

Noun

طَوْق (ṭawqm

  1. verbal noun of طَاقَ (ṭāqa) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

طُوق (ṭūqm (plural طُوقَات (ṭūqāt) or أَطْوَاق (ʔaṭwāq))

  1. Alternative form of طُوغ (ṭūḡ, horsetail)
Declension

References

  • Toll, Christopher (1969) “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana (in German), volume 18, pages 144–146

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ط و ق
3 terms
طوق

Etymology

From Arabic طَوْق (ṭawq).

Pronunciation

Noun

طوق (ṭōgm (plural أَطْواق (ʔaṭwāg))

  1. headband
  2. hoop
  3. collar

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic طَوْق (ṭawq).

Noun

طوق (towq)

  1. torque

Etymology 2

Noun

طوق (tuq)

  1. Alternative spelling of توغ (tuğ, horsetail)