لایق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَائِق (lāʔiq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /laː.ˈjiq/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jɪq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jɪq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jɪq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː.jiq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒː.jeɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔ.jiq]

• Rhymes: -iq

Readings
Classical reading?	lāyiq
Dari reading?	lāyiq
Iranian reading?	lâyeġ
Tajik reading?	loyiq

Dari	لایق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лойиқ

Adjective

لایق • (lâyeq) (comparative لایق‌تَر, superlative لایق‌تَرین)

1. worthy, fit, deserving
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 297:

     ور نه بر فانی قسم گفتن خطاست
     خود فنا چه لایق گفت خداست

     war na bar fānī qasam guftan xatā-st
     xwad finā či lāyiq guft-i xudā-st

     Else it is wrong to swear by a transient thing:
     how indeed is transiency proper to the speech of God?

2. capable, qualified, eligible

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: लायक़ (lāyaq), लाइक़ (lāiq)
  • Urdu: لَائَق (lāyaq), لَائِق (lāyiq)
• → Marathi: लायक (lāyak)
  • Marathi: लायकी (lāyakī)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਲਾਇਕ਼ (lāiqa), ਲਾਇਕ (lāika) — nuqtaless
  • Shahmukhi script: لَائَق (lāyaq), لَائِق (lāyiq)

References

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