طاقت

Arabic

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

طَاقَتْ • (ṭāqat) (form I) /tˤaː.qat/

1. third-person feminine singular past active of طَاقَ (ṭāqa)

Ottoman Turkish

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Arabic طَاقَ (ṭāqa)

Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa)bor.

Classical Persian طَاقَت (tāqat)bor.

Ottoman Turkish طَاقَت

Borrowed from Classical Persian طَاقَت (tāqat), borrowed from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from طَاقَ (ṭāqa).

Noun

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

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] (in French), 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

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Arabic طَاقَ (ṭāqa)

Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa)bor.

Persian طاقت

Borrowed from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from طَاقَ (ṭāqa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taː.ˈqat/

 

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

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

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

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

• Rhymes: -at

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

Noun

طاقت • (tāqat / tâġat) (Tajik spelling тоқат)

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), ताकत (tākat) — nuqtaless

  Urdu: طاقَت (tāqat)

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

  Gurmukhi script: ਤਾਕ਼ਤ (tāqat), ਤਾਕਤ (tākat) (nuqtaless)

  Shahmukhi script: طَاقَت (t̤āqat)

Urdu

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Arabic طَاقَ (ṭāqa)

Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa)bor.

Classical Persian طَاقَت (tāqat)bor.

Urdu طَاقَت

Borrowed from Classical Persian طَاقَت (tāqat). First attested in c. 1599 as Middle Hindi طاقت (t̤aqt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.qət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: طا‧قَت

Noun

طاقَت • (tāqat) f (Hindi spelling ताक़त)

1. power, strength (ie. bodily strength)
2. (politics, chiefly in the plural) power; authority (ie. wordly powers)
   1. army; military
   2. authority; government
3. ability; capacity
4. the effectiveness, efficacy
5. vitality, virility, potency

Declension

Declension of طاقت

	singular	plural
direct	طَاقَت (tāqat)	طَاقَتیں (tāqatẽ)
oblique	طَاقَت (tāqat)	طَاقَتوں (tāqatõ)
vocative	طَاقَت (tāqat)	طَاقَتو (tāqato)

Further reading

More information

• “طاقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “طاقت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “طاقت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “طاقت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834), “طاقت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC