طاقت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian طَاقَت (tāqat), borrowed from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from طَاقَ (ṭāqa).
Noun
طاقت • (takat) (definite accusative طاقتی (takati), plural طاقتلر (takatler), plural طاقات)
- might, power, vigour, the strength, or force held by a person or group, especially physical strength
- endurance, stamina, the energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time
Derived terms
- طاقت شكن (takat şiken, “weakening, debilitating”)
- طاقت فرسا (takat fersa, “overwhelming”)
- طاقت قالمامق (takat kalmamak, “to have no power left”)
- طاقت كتیرمك (takat getirmek, “to put forth power”)
- طاقتسز (takatsız, “powerless”)
- طاقتی بوكلمك (takati bükülmek, “for one's power to be bent”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “takat1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4548
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “طاقت”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 309b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “طاقت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 792
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Potestas”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, columns 1327-328
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “طاقت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 3073
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “takat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “طاقت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1225
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from طَاقَ (ṭāqa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /taː.ˈqat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.qát̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒː.ʁǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔ.qát̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tāqat |
| Dari reading? | tāqat |
| Iranian reading? | tâġat |
| Tajik reading? | toqat |
Noun
طاقت • (tâqat)
- stamina, endurance
- 2012, Niyaz, Parishaan:
- ندارم طاقت یک دم جدایی.
- nadâram tâqat-e yek dam jodâyi
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2021, “من رفتم”, performed by Az Shanbe:
- باور کن که دستام میلرزن
این آدما بیرحمن
اینو فقط به تو میگم
به آخر رسیدهم
دیگه طاقت ندارم
همهش فکروخیالم
اینو فقط به تو میگم
که خستهم
من خستهم- bâvar kon ke dastâm milarzan
in âdamâ birahman
ino faqat be to migam
be âxar residam
dige tâqat nadâram
hamaš fekro xiyâlam
ino faqat be to migam
ke xastam
man xastam - Believe that my hands tremble
These people are ruthless
I tell this only to you
I've reached the end
I no longer have the stamina
I'm always overthinking
I tell this only to you
that I'm tired
I'm tired
- bâvar kon ke dastâm milarzan
Descendants
- → Gujarati: તાકત (tākat)
- → Hindustani:
- → Marathi: ताकद (tākad)
- → Ottoman Turkish: طاقت (takat)
- → Punjabi:
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian طَاقَت (tāqat). First attested in c. 1599 as Middle Hindi طاقت (t̤aqt).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.qət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: طا‧قَت
Noun
طاقَت • (tāqat) f (Hindi spelling ताक़त)
- ability, power, energy, force, strength
- authority, rule, sway
- effectiveness, efficacy
- vitality, virility, potency, might
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | طَاقَت (tāqat) | طَاقَتیں (tāqatẽ) |
| oblique | طَاقَت (tāqat) | طَاقَتوں (tāqatõ) |
| vocative | طَاقَت (tāqat) | طَاقَتو (tāqato) |
References
Further reading
More information
- “طاقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “طاقت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “طاقت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “طاقت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834), “طاقت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC