طاقت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian طاقت (tâqat, “stamina, endurance”), from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa, “power, strength”).

Noun

طاقت • (takat) (definite accusative طاقتی (takati), plural طاقتلر (takatlet))

1. might, power, vigour, the strength, or force held by a person or group, especially physical strength

   Synonyms: زور (zor), قدرت (kudret), قوت (kuvvet), گوچ (güç), مكنت (miknet)

2. 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

• Turkish: takat
• → Albanian: takat
• → Armenian: թախատ (tʻaxat), թախաթ (tʻaxatʻ), թախէթ (tʻaxētʻ)

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], 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, “energy; power; strength”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑː.ˈqat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.qǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.qǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.qǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.qǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.ʁǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔ.qǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	tāqat
Dari reading?	tāqat
Iranian reading?	tâğat
Tajik reading?	toqat

Noun

طاقت • (tâqat)

1. 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

Descendants

• → Gujarati: તાકત (tākat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ताक़त (tāqat)

  Urdu: طاقت (tāqat)

• → Marathi: ताकद (tākad)
• → Ottoman Turkish: طاقت (takat)
  • Turkish: takat
  • → Albanian: takat
  • → Armenian: թախատ (tʻaxat), թախաթ (tʻaxatʻ), թախէթ (tʻaxētʻ)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤਾਕਤ (tākat)

  Shahmukhi script: طاقت (t̤āqt)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طاقت (tāqat), from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.qət̪/

Noun

طاقَت • (tāqat) f (Hindi spelling ताक़त)

1. ability, power, energy, force, strength
2. authority, rule, sway
3. effectiveness, efficacy
4. vitality, virility, potency, might

References

• “طاقت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “طاقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.