منطق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ط ق (n-ṭ-q)

Noun

مَنْطِق • (manṭiq) m

1. logic, dialectic
2. speech, language, dialect
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:16:

     وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَانُ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النًّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْمُبِينُ

     wawariṯa sulaymānu dāwūda waqāla yā ʔayyuhā n-nansu ʕullimnā manṭiqa aṭ-ṭayri waʔūtīnā min kulli šayʔin ʔinna hāḏā lahuwa l-faḍlu l-mubīn

     And Solomon inherited David and said O people we have been taught the speech of the birds and were given from everything surely this is verily the clear favour

3. expression, articulation, utterance
4. eloquence, oration, rhetoric
5. conversation, dialogue, talk, discussion

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْطِق (manṭiq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْطِق manṭiq	الْمَنْطِق al-manṭiq	مَنْطِق manṭiq
Nominative	مَنْطِقٌ manṭiqun	الْمَنْطِقُ al-manṭiqu	مَنْطِقُ manṭiqu
Accusative	مَنْطِقًا manṭiqan	الْمَنْطِقَ al-manṭiqa	مَنْطِقَ manṭiqa
Genitive	مَنْطِقٍ manṭiqin	الْمَنْطِقِ al-manṭiqi	مَنْطِقِ manṭiqi

Derived terms

• مَنْطِقِيّ (manṭiqiyy, “logical”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məntiq
• → Bengali: মন্তেক (montek)
• → Northern Kurdish: mentiq
• → Persian: منطق
• → Malay: mantik
• → Swahili: mantiki
• → Ottoman Turkish: منطق (mantıḳ)

  > Turkish: mantık (inherited)

  → Crimean Tatar: mantıq

• → Uyghur: مەنتىق (mentiq)
• → Uzbek: mantiq

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “منطق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of مَنْطِق (manṭiq) and مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa).

Verb

مَنْطَقَ • (manṭaqa) Iq, non-past يُمَنْطِقُ‎ (yumanṭiqu)

1. (transitive) to logicize, to formulate into coherent pieces or expressions, to articulate an argument or premises, to parse out, to delineate
2. (transitive) to gird something construed with بِ (bi)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

مَنْطَقَ

(form-Iq sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						مَنْطَقَة manṭaqa
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُمَنْطِق mumanṭiq
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُمَنْطَق mumanṭaq
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَنْطَقْتُ manṭaqtu	مَنْطَقْتَ manṭaqta	مَنْطَقَ manṭaqa		مَنْطَقْتُمَا manṭaqtumā	مَنْطَقَا manṭaqā		مَنْطَقْنَا manṭaqnā	مَنْطَقْتُمْ manṭaqtum	مَنْطَقُوا manṭaqū
	f		مَنْطَقْتِ manṭaqti	مَنْطَقَتْ manṭaqat			مَنْطَقَتَا manṭaqatā			مَنْطَقْتُنَّ manṭaqtunna	مَنْطَقْنَ manṭaqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَنْطِقُ ʔumanṭiqu	تُمَنْطِقُ tumanṭiqu	يُمَنْطِقُ yumanṭiqu		تُمَنْطِقَانِ tumanṭiqāni	يُمَنْطِقَانِ yumanṭiqāni		نُمَنْطِقُ numanṭiqu	تُمَنْطِقُونَ tumanṭiqūna	يُمَنْطِقُونَ yumanṭiqūna
	f		تُمَنْطِقِينَ tumanṭiqīna	تُمَنْطِقُ tumanṭiqu			تُمَنْطِقَانِ tumanṭiqāni			تُمَنْطِقْنَ tumanṭiqna	يُمَنْطِقْنَ yumanṭiqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَنْطِقَ ʔumanṭiqa	تُمَنْطِقَ tumanṭiqa	يُمَنْطِقَ yumanṭiqa		تُمَنْطِقَا tumanṭiqā	يُمَنْطِقَا yumanṭiqā		نُمَنْطِقَ numanṭiqa	تُمَنْطِقُوا tumanṭiqū	يُمَنْطِقُوا yumanṭiqū
	f		تُمَنْطِقِي tumanṭiqī	تُمَنْطِقَ tumanṭiqa			تُمَنْطِقَا tumanṭiqā			تُمَنْطِقْنَ tumanṭiqna	يُمَنْطِقْنَ yumanṭiqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَنْطِقْ ʔumanṭiq	تُمَنْطِقْ tumanṭiq	يُمَنْطِقْ yumanṭiq		تُمَنْطِقَا tumanṭiqā	يُمَنْطِقَا yumanṭiqā		نُمَنْطِقْ numanṭiq	تُمَنْطِقُوا tumanṭiqū	يُمَنْطِقُوا yumanṭiqū
	f		تُمَنْطِقِي tumanṭiqī	تُمَنْطِقْ tumanṭiq			تُمَنْطِقَا tumanṭiqā			تُمَنْطِقْنَ tumanṭiqna	يُمَنْطِقْنَ yumanṭiqna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مَنْطِقْ manṭiq			مَنْطِقَا manṭiqā				مَنْطِقُوا manṭiqū
	f		مَنْطِقِي manṭiqī							مَنْطِقْنَ manṭiqna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُنْطِقْتُ munṭiqtu	مُنْطِقْتَ munṭiqta	مُنْطِقَ munṭiqa		مُنْطِقْتُمَا munṭiqtumā	مُنْطِقَا munṭiqā		مُنْطِقْنَا munṭiqnā	مُنْطِقْتُمْ munṭiqtum	مُنْطِقُوا munṭiqū
	f		مُنْطِقْتِ munṭiqti	مُنْطِقَتْ munṭiqat			مُنْطِقَتَا munṭiqatā			مُنْطِقْتُنَّ munṭiqtunna	مُنْطِقْنَ munṭiqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَنْطَقُ ʔumanṭaqu	تُمَنْطَقُ tumanṭaqu	يُمَنْطَقُ yumanṭaqu		تُمَنْطَقَانِ tumanṭaqāni	يُمَنْطَقَانِ yumanṭaqāni		نُمَنْطَقُ numanṭaqu	تُمَنْطَقُونَ tumanṭaqūna	يُمَنْطَقُونَ yumanṭaqūna
	f		تُمَنْطَقِينَ tumanṭaqīna	تُمَنْطَقُ tumanṭaqu			تُمَنْطَقَانِ tumanṭaqāni			تُمَنْطَقْنَ tumanṭaqna	يُمَنْطَقْنَ yumanṭaqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَنْطَقَ ʔumanṭaqa	تُمَنْطَقَ tumanṭaqa	يُمَنْطَقَ yumanṭaqa		تُمَنْطَقَا tumanṭaqā	يُمَنْطَقَا yumanṭaqā		نُمَنْطَقَ numanṭaqa	تُمَنْطَقُوا tumanṭaqū	يُمَنْطَقُوا yumanṭaqū
	f		تُمَنْطَقِي tumanṭaqī	تُمَنْطَقَ tumanṭaqa			تُمَنْطَقَا tumanṭaqā			تُمَنْطَقْنَ tumanṭaqna	يُمَنْطَقْنَ yumanṭaqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَنْطَقْ ʔumanṭaq	تُمَنْطَقْ tumanṭaq	يُمَنْطَقْ yumanṭaq		تُمَنْطَقَا tumanṭaqā	يُمَنْطَقَا yumanṭaqā		نُمَنْطَقْ numanṭaq	تُمَنْطَقُوا tumanṭaqū	يُمَنْطَقُوا yumanṭaqū
	f		تُمَنْطَقِي tumanṭaqī	تُمَنْطَقْ tumanṭaq			تُمَنْطَقَا tumanṭaqā			تُمَنْطَقْنَ tumanṭaqna	يُمَنْطَقْنَ yumanṭaqna

See also

• تَمَنْطَقَ (tamanṭaqa)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْطِق (manṭiq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [man.ˈtiq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män̪.t̪ʰɪ́q]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män̪.t̪ʰɪ́q]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [män̪.t̪ʰɪ́q]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [män̪.t̪ʰíq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæn̪.t̪ʰéɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [män̪.t̪ʰíq]

Readings
Classical reading?	mantiq
Dari reading?	mantiq
Iranian reading?	manteğ
Tajik reading?	mantiq

Noun

Dari	منطق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мантиқ

منطق • (manteq) (plural مناطق)

1. logic, dialectics
   1. (by extension) (logical) reason
2. speech, oration, eloquence
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3410:

     منطق الطیری به صوت آموختی
     صد قیاس و صد هوس افروختی

     mantiq-al-tîr-i ba sawt âmôxtî
     sad qîyâs u sad hawas afrôxtî

     You have learned the birds' language by the sound (alone),
     you have kindled (invented) a hundred analogies and a hundred caprices.

Derived terms

• منطقی (manteqi)
• علم منطق ('elm-e manteq)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “منطق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim