# طاقت
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طَاقَت (tāqat), borrowed from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from طَاقَ (ṭāqa).

### Noun

طاقت • (takat) (definite accusative طاقتی (takati), plural طاقتلر (takatler), plural طاقات)
* might, power, vigour, the strength, or force held by a person or group, especially physical strength
    Synonyms: زور (zor), قدرت (kudret), قوت (kuvvet), گوچ (güç), مكنت (miknet)
* endurance, stamina, the energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time

#### Derived terms

* طاقت شكن (takat şiken, “weakening, debilitating”)
* طاقت فرسا (takat fersa, “overwhelming”)
* طاقت قالمامق (takat kalmamak, “to have no power left”)
* طاقت كتیرمك (takat getirmek, “to put forth power”)
* طاقتسز (takatsız, “powerless”)
* طاقتی بوكلمك (takati bükülmek, “for one's power to be bent”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: takat
* → Albanian: takat
* → Armenian: թախատ (tʻaxat), թախաթ (tʻaxatʻ), թախէթ (tʻaxētʻ)

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “takat1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4548
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “طاقت”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 309b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طاقت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 792
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Potestas”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, columns 1327-328
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طاقت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3073
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “takat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طاقت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1225

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from طَاقَ (ṭāqa).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [tɑː.ˈqat]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰɑː.qǽt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰɑː.qǽt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰɑː.qǽt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰɔː.qǽt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰɒː.ʁǽt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰɔ.qǽt̪]

### Noun

طاقت • (tâqat)
* stamina, endurance
** 2012, Niyaz, Parishaan:ندارم طاقت یک دم جدایی.nadâram tâqat-e yek dam jodâyi(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2021, “من رفتم”, performed by Az Shanbe:باور کن که دستام میلرزن این آدما بیرحمن اینو فقط به تو میگم به آخر رسیده‌م دیگه طاقت ندارم همه‌ش فکروخیالم اینو فقط به تو میگم که خسته‌م من خسته‌مbâvar kon ke dastâm milarzan in âdamâ birahman ino faqat be to migam be âxar residam dige tâqat nadâram hamaš fekro xiyâlam ino faqat be to migam ke xastam man xastamBelieve that my hands tremble These people are ruthless I tell this only to you I've reached the end I no longer have the stamina I'm always overthinking I tell this only to you that I'm tired I'm tired

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: તાકત (tākat)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ताक़त (tāqat)
    Urdu: طاقت (tāqat)
* → Marathi: ताकद (tākad)
* → Ottoman Turkish: طاقت (takat)
** Turkish: takat
** → Albanian: takat
** → Armenian: թախատ (tʻaxat), թախաթ (tʻaxatʻ), թախէթ (tʻaxētʻ)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤਾਕਤ (tākat)
    Shahmukhi script: طاقت (t̤āqt)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طَاقَت (tāqat). First attested in c. 1599 as Middle Hindi طاقت (t̤aqt).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪ɑː.qət̪/
* Rhymes: -ət̪
* Hyphenation: طا‧قَت

### Noun

طاقَت • (tāqat) f (Hindi spelling ताक़त)
* ability, power, energy, force, strength
* authority, rule, sway
* effectiveness, efficacy
* vitality, virility, potency, might

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ “طاقت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

### Further reading

* “طاقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “طاقت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “طاقت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “طاقت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* John Shakespear (1834) “طاقت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC