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]
  • (file)

Noun

طاقة (ṭāqa) f (plural طاقات (ṭāqāt))

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