طاقة

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.qa/

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Etymology 1

Root
ط و ق (ṭ-w-q)

Noun

طَاقَة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طَاقَات (ṭāqāt))

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

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
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاقَتَيْن ṭāqatayn	الطَّاقَتَيْن aṭ-ṭāqatayn	طَاقَتَيْ ṭāqatay
Nominative	طَاقَتَانِ ṭāqatāni	الطَّاقَتَانِ aṭ-ṭāqatāni	طَاقَتَا ṭāqatā
Accusative	طَاقَتَيْنِ ṭāqatayni	الطَّاقَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāqatayni	طَاقَتَيْ ṭāqatay
Genitive	طَاقَتَيْنِ ṭāqatayni	الطَّاقَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāqatayni	طَاقَتَيْ ṭāqatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاقَات ṭāqāt	الطَّاقَات aṭ-ṭāqāt	طَاقَات ṭāqāt
Nominative	طَاقَاتٌ ṭāqātun	الطَّاقَاتُ aṭ-ṭāqātu	طَاقَاتُ ṭāqātu
Accusative	طَاقَاتٍ ṭāqātin	الطَّاقَاتِ aṭ-ṭāqāti	طَاقَاتِ ṭāqāti
Genitive	طَاقَاتٍ ṭāqātin	الطَّاقَاتِ aṭ-ṭāqāti	طَاقَاتِ ṭāqāti

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: taqət
• → Persian: طاقت (tâqat)
  • → 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 Iranian *tāk (“arch”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teg-, and akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

Noun

طَاقَة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طَاقَات (ṭāqāt))

1. window

   Synonym: نافِذة (nāfiḏa)

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
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاقَتَيْن ṭāqatayn	الطَّاقَتَيْن aṭ-ṭāqatayn	طَاقَتَيْ ṭāqatay
Nominative	طَاقَتَانِ ṭāqatāni	الطَّاقَتَانِ aṭ-ṭāqatāni	طَاقَتَا ṭāqatā
Accusative	طَاقَتَيْنِ ṭāqatayni	الطَّاقَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāqatayni	طَاقَتَيْ ṭāqatay
Genitive	طَاقَتَيْنِ ṭāqatayni	الطَّاقَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāqatayni	طَاقَتَيْ ṭāqatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاقَات ṭāqāt	الطَّاقَات aṭ-ṭāqāt	طَاقَات ṭāqāt
Nominative	طَاقَاتٌ ṭāqātun	الطَّاقَاتُ aṭ-ṭāqātu	طَاقَاتُ ṭāqātu
Accusative	طَاقَاتٍ ṭāqātin	الطَّاقَاتِ aṭ-ṭāqāti	طَاقَاتِ ṭāqāti
Genitive	طَاقَاتٍ ṭāqātin	الطَّاقَاتِ aṭ-ṭāqāti	طَاقَاتِ ṭāqāti

Descendants

• Maltese: tieqa
• Moroccan Arabic: طاقة (ṭāqa), تاقة (tāqa)
• → Afar: taagat
• → Kanuri: tágà
  • → Hausa: taga
• → Somali: daaqad

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ط و ق
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa, “window”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.ɡa/
  • IPA^(key): [tˤaː.qa] ([q] pronunciation is used in the sense of "energy")

Noun

طاقة • (ṭāga) f (plural طاقات (ṭāgāt))

1. (dated) window
2. energy, power

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• تاقة (tāqa)

Etymology

From Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa, “window”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.qa/

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Noun

طاقة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طواقي (ṭwāqi), diminutive طويقة (ṭwīqa))

1. window

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط و ق
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.qe/, [ˈtˤɑː.qɑ]
• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.qa/, [ˈtˤɑː.qɑ]

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Noun

طاقة • (ṭāqa) f (plural طاقات (ṭāqāt))

1. power, energy, strength

   Synonym: قوّة (ʔuwwe)