হক

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Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq). Cognate with Hindi हक़ (haq), Punjabi ਹੱਕ (hakka) / حَق (ḥaq), Gujarati હક (hak), Marathi हक्क (hakka). Doublet of হকিকত (hokikot).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɦɔk/, [ˈɦɔːk], [ˈɦɔk]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɦɔk/, [ˈɦɔːk], [ˈɦɔk]

Adjective[edit]

হক (hok) (comparative আরও হক, superlative সবচেয়ে হক)

  1. just, right
  2. true, correct
    এটি হক
    eṭii hok
    This is the truth.
    তুমি তোমার হক পথে থেকে কাজ করে যাও
    tumi tōmar hok pothe theke kaj kore jaō.
    Keep working on your correct path.
    —Sadruddin

Noun[edit]

হক (hok) (objective হক (hok) or হককে (hokoke), genitive হকের (hoker), locative হকে (hoke) or হকেতে (hokete))

  1. truth
    হকের বদলে বাতিল বলা এক বড় গুনাহ
    hoker bodole batil bola ek boṛ gunah.
    Telling lies instead of truths is a severe sin.
  2. right, just claim
    তখতের হক তার
    tokhter hok taroi
    Verily the right to the throne is his
    Syed Mujtaba Ali
  3. (Islam) Allah, the Eternal Truth

Proper noun[edit]

হক (hok)

  1. a surname, Haque or Hoque, from Arabic

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