طاقة

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.qa/
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Etymology 1

From the root ط و ق‎ (ṭ-w-q).

Noun

طَاقَة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طَاقَات‎ (ṭāqāt))

  1. power, strength; fortitude, endurance
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:286:
      ‏رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ‎
      rabbanā walā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bihī
      Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear.
  2. (physics) energy
Declension
Derived terms
  • طَاقَة شَمْسِيَّة‎ (ṭāqa(t) šamsiyya, “solar power”)
Descendants
  • → Persian: طاقت‎ (tâqat)
    • → Gujarati: તાકત (tākat)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: ताक़त (tāqat)
      Urdu: طاقت‎ (tāqat)
    • → Marathi: ताकद (tākad)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: طاقت‎ (takat)
    • → Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi: ਤਾਕਤ (tākat)
      Shahmukhi: طاقت‎ (t̤āqt)

Etymology 2

From طاق‎ (ṭāq, “arch, doorway, opening in a wall”), from Middle Iranian *tāk (“arch”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teg-, and akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

Noun

طَاقَة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طَاقَات‎ (ṭāqāt))

  1. window
    Synonym: نافِذة‎ (nāfiḏa)
Declension
Descendants

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic طَاقَة‎ (ṭāqa, “window”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.qa/
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Noun

طاقة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طواقي‎ (ṭwāqi), diminutive طويقة‎ (ṭwīqa))

  1. window

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط و ق‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic طَاقَة‎ (ṭāqa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.qe/, [ˈtˤɑː.qɑ]
  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.qa/, [ˈtˤɑː.qɑ]
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Noun

طاقة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طاقات‎ (ṭāqāt))

  1. power, energy, strength
    Synonym: قوّة‎ (ʔuwwe)
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