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 ذَوْقٍʔahl ḏawqinvoluptuaries

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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