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

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

Derived terms

• طَاقَة شَمْسِيَّة (ṭāqa(t) šamsiyya, “solar power”)

Descendants

• → Persian: طاقت (tâqát)
  • → Gujarati: તાકત (tākat)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ताक़त (tāqat)

    Urdu: طاقت (tāqat)

  • → Marathi: ताकद (tākad)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: طاقت (takat)
    • Turkish: takat
    • → Albanian: takat
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਤਾਕਤ (tākat)

    Shahmukhi script: طاقت (t̤āqt)

Etymology 2

From طاق (ṭāq, “arch, doorway, opening in a wall”), from Middle Persian.

Noun

طَاقَة • (ṭāqa) f

1. window

   Synonym: نافِذة (nāfiḏa)

Descendants

• Maltese: tieqa
• Moroccan Arabic: طاقة (ṭāqa), تاقة‎ (tāqa)

Declension

Declension of noun طَاقَة (ṭāqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاقَة ṭāqa	الطَّاقَة aṭ-ṭāqa	طَاقَة ṭāqat
Nominative	طَاقَةٌ ṭāqatun	الطَّاقَةُ aṭ-ṭāqatu	طَاقَةُ ṭāqatu
Accusative	طَاقَةً ṭāqatan	الطَّاقَةَ aṭ-ṭāqata	طَاقَةَ ṭāqata
Genitive	طَاقَةٍ ṭāqatin	الطَّاقَةِ aṭ-ṭāqati	طَاقَةِ ṭāqati

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Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• تاقة

Etymology

From Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa, “window”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaːqa/

Noun

طاقة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طواقي (ṭwāqi))

1. window