طاقة

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.qa/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From the 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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • طَاقَة شَمْسِيَّة (ṭāqa(t) šamsiyya, solar power)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: taqət
  • Persian: طاقت (tâqat)

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • Maltese: tieqa
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Afar: taagat
  • Kanuri: tágà
  • Somali: daaqad

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ط و ق
3 terms

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

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

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.qa/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. window

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط و ق
2 terms

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. power, energy, strength
    Synonym: قوّة (ʔuwwe)
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