طاق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ط و ق (ṭ-w-q). See also طَاقَة (ṭāqa, “power, strength”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.qa/

Verb

1. to bear.

   Synonym: اِحْتَمَل (iḥtamal)

Etymology 2

From *tāk (“arch”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teg-, and akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

Noun

طَاق • (ṭāq) m (plural طِيقَان (ṭīqān))

1. (architecture) arch

Declension

Declension of noun طَاق (ṭāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاق ṭāq	الطَّاق aṭ-ṭāq	طَاق ṭāq
Nominative	طَاقٌ ṭāqun	الطَّاقُ aṭ-ṭāqu	طَاقُ ṭāqu
Accusative	طَاقًا ṭāqan	الطَّاقَ aṭ-ṭāqa	طَاقَ ṭāqa
Genitive	طَاقٍ ṭāqin	الطَّاقِ aṭ-ṭāqi	طَاقِ ṭāqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاقَيْن ṭāqayn	الطَّاقَيْن aṭ-ṭāqayn	طَاقَيْ ṭāqay
Nominative	طَاقَانِ ṭāqāni	الطَّاقَانِ aṭ-ṭāqāni	طَاقَا ṭāqā
Accusative	طَاقَيْنِ ṭāqayni	الطَّاقَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāqayni	طَاقَيْ ṭāqay
Genitive	طَاقَيْنِ ṭāqayni	الطَّاقَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāqayni	طَاقَيْ ṭāqay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طِيقَان ṭīqān	الطِّيقَان aṭ-ṭīqān	طِيقَان ṭīqān
Nominative	طِيقَانٌ ṭīqānun	الطِّيقَانُ aṭ-ṭīqānu	طِيقَانُ ṭīqānu
Accusative	طِيقَانًا ṭīqānan	الطِّيقَانَ aṭ-ṭīqāna	طِيقَانَ ṭīqāna
Genitive	طِيقَانٍ ṭīqānin	الطِّيقَانِ aṭ-ṭīqāni	طِيقَانِ ṭīqāni

Derived terms

• طاقة (ṭāqa, “window”)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “طاق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1894

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Persian

Alternative forms

• تاق (tâq)

Etymology

From Middle Persian tʾg (tāg, “arch”).

Noun

طاق • (tâq) (plural طاق‌ها (tâq-hâ))

1. (architecture) arch

Derived terms

• تاقچه (tâqče)
• چارتاق (čârtâq)

Descendants

• → Armenian: թաղ (tʻaġ)

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “tʾg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols