ताक़तवर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طاقت‌ور (tāqat-var). By surface analysis, ताक़त (tāqat) +‎ -वर (-var).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.qət̪.ʋəɾ/, [t̪äː.qɐt̪.wɐɾ], /t̪ɑː.kət̪.ʋəɾ/, [t̪äː.kɐt̪.wɐɾ]

Adjective

ताक़तवर • (tāqatvar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling طاقَتوَر)

1. strong, powerful

   Synonyms: शक्त (śakt), बली (balī), बलशाली (balśālī), शक्तिशाली (śaktiśālī), बलवान (balvān), शक्तिमान (śaktimān), ज़ोरदार (zordār), शक्र (śakra)

Noun

ताक़तवर • (tāqatvar) m (Urdu spelling طاقَتوَر)

1. a strong or powerful person
   • 2007, Pawan Jain, मैं समय हूँ [I am time]‎^[1], New Delhi: Radhakrishna Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 37, →ISBN:

     लोकतंत्र की इन अँधेरी गलियों में
     आम आदमी सिर्फ़ ठोकरें खा रहा है,
     और ताक़तवरों का दरबार
     पूरी शान से जगमगा रहा है।

     loktantra kī in andherī galiyõ mẽ
     ām ādmī sirf ṭhokarẽ khā rahā hai,
     aur tāqatvarõ kā darbār
     pūrī śān se jagmagā rahā hai.

     In these dark streets of democracy, suffering is the common man; and the royal court of the powerful people, is shining with great grandeur.

   • 2010, Rekha Kastwar, किरदार ज़िन्दा है [The character is alive]‎^[2], New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 97, →ISBN:

     ऐसा क्यों है कि कमज़ोरों की इज़्ज़त मिट्टी में मिलाए बिना ताक़तवरों की इज़्ज़त पाक-साफ़ होना सम्भव नहीं।

     aisā kyõ hai ki kamzorõ kī izzat miṭṭī mẽ milāe binā tāqatvarõ kī izzat pāk-sāf honā sambhav nahī̃.

     Why is it so, that without ruining the honour of the weak people, the powerful people's honour being pure and clean isn't possible.

   • 2020, Arundhati Roy, translated by Reyazul Haq, आज़ादी [freedom]‎^[3], New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, →ISBN:

     यह जो भी है, कोविड-19 ने ताक़तवरों को घुटनों पर ला दिया है और दुनिया ठहर गई है।

     yah jo bhī hai, koviḍ-19 ne tāqatvarõ ko ghuṭnõ par lā diyā hai aur duniyā ṭhahar gaī hai.

     Whatever this is, COVID-19 has brought down even powerful people on their knees and the world is on a standstill.

Declension

Declension of ताक़तवर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ताक़तवर tāqatvar	ताक़तवर tāqatvar
oblique	ताक़तवर tāqatvar	ताक़तवरों tāqatvarõ
vocative	ताक़तवर tāqatvar	ताक़तवरो tāqatvaro

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ताकतवर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2047
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ताक़त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 446
• “ताक़तवर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.