ذوق

See also: دوق‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ذ و ق‎ (ḏ-w-q).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðawq/

Noun

ذَوْق • (ḏawq) m (plural أَذْوَاق‎ (ʔaḏwāq))

  1. verbal noun of ذَاقَ‎ (ḏāqa) (form I)
  2. taste
  3. good taste
  4. sense or organ of taste
  5. enjoyment, pleasure
    ‏أَهْل ذَوْقٍ‎ ― ʔahl ḏawqin ― voluptuaries

Declension

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: ذوق‎ (zōg)
  • Moroccan Arabic: دوق‎ (dawq, dūq)
  • → Azerbaijani: zövq
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ذوق‎ (zevk)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ذوق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ذَوْق‎ (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zoːɡ/
    • IPA(key): /ðoːɡ/ (spelling pronunciation)

Noun

ذوق • (zōg) m (plural أذواق‎ (ʔazwāg))

  1. taste
  2. tact

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ذَوْق‎ (ḏawq).

Noun

ذوق • (zevk)

  1. sense of taste
  2. flavor
  3. enjoyment, pleasure
  4. sensuality
  5. fun, amusement
  • ذوقیاب‎ (zevkyab)

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ذ و ق‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَوْق‎ (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /zoːʔ/, [zoːʔ]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /zoːɡ/, [zoːɡ]
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Noun

ذوق • (zōʔ) m (plural أذواق‎ (ʔazwāʔ))

  1. taste
    Synonym: طعم‎ (ṭaʕm)
  2. tact

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ذوق‎ (zawq), from Arabic ذَوْق‎ (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

Noun

ذَوْق • (ẕauq) m (Hindi spelling ज़ौक़)

  1. taste, flavor
    Synonym: ذائقہ‎ (zā'iqā)
  2. pleasure, delight
    Synonym: مزہ‎ (mazā)

Declension

Declension of ذوق
singular plural
direct ذَوْق‎ (zauq) ذَوْق‎ (zauq)
oblique ذَوْق‎ (zauq) ذَوْقوں‎ (zauqō̃)
vocative ذَوْق‎ (zauq) ذَوْقو‎ (zauqō)

Derived terms

  • بد ذوق‎ (bad-zauq, “distateful, unpleasant”)
  • ذوق ہونا‎ (zauq honā, “to have a taste for, to take pleasure in”)
  • شوق ذوق‎ (śauq-zauq, “great pleasure”)

References

  • “ذوق”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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