# طاق
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tˤaː.qa/

#### Verb

طَاقَ • (ṭāqa) I (non-past يَطُوقُ (yaṭūqu), verbal noun طَوْق (ṭawq) or طَاقَة (ṭāqa))
* to be able to do (something) (to be capable of doing)
* to be able to do (something) (to be in a position to do)
* to bear, to tolerate
    Synonym: اِحْتَمَل (iḥtamal)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Middle Iranian *tāk (“arch”); compare Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾg /⁠tāg⁠/, “arch”). Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *teg- (“to cover; roof”), and akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tˤaːq/

#### Noun

طَاق • (ṭāq) m (plural طِيقَان (ṭīqān))
* arch

##### Derived terms

* طاقة (ṭāqa, “window”)

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: طاق (tak)
** Turkish: tak
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: tȁk
    Cyrillic script: та̏к

### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “طاق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1894

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic طَاقَ (ṭāqa, “to bear”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tˤaːɡ/

### Verb

طاق • (ṭāg) I (non-past يطيق (yiṭīg))
* to bear
    Synonyms: اَسْتَحْمَل (astaḥmal), اتحمل (atḥammal)
    لازِم تِطِيقُه عَشان تِقْدَر تِشْتَغِل مَعاهlāzim tiṭīgu ʕašān tigdar tištaḡil maʕāYou have to bear to be able to work with him

#### Conjugation
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq, “arch”), from Middle Iranian *tāk (“arch”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *teg- (“to cover; roof”).

### Noun

طاق • (tak) (plural طیقان (tikan))
* arch, a curved, vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it
    Synonym: كمر (kemer)

#### Derived terms

* طاق ازرق (tak-ı ezrak, “vault of the sky”)
* طاق بازیچه رنك (tak-ı baziçe-reng, “the spheres”)
* طاق طارم (tak-ı tarim, “vault of the sky”)
* طاقچه (takçe, “a little arch or vault”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: tak
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: tȁk
    Cyrillic script: та̏к

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tak4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4546
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tâk”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1225
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 792
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Arcuatum opus”, 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, column 80
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طاق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3072
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1224

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [tɑːq]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰɑːq]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰɑːq]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰɑːq]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰɔːq]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰɒːɢ̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰɔq]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq), itself borrowed from Middle Persian 𐫤𐫀𐫃 (tʾg /⁠tāg⁠/, “arch”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-, whence also English thatch, Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

#### Noun

طاق • (tâq) (plural طاق‌ها (tâq-hâ))
* vault, arch
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 105:چشمم منورست ز محراب ابرویت از طاق زینت است بلی آبگینه راčašmam munawwar ast zi mihrāb-i abrūyat az tāq zīnat ast balē ābgīna rāMy eyes are shining from the mihrab of your eyebrows; Yes, the beauty of the glass comes from the vault.(Classical Persian transliteration)

##### Alternative forms

* تاق (tâq)

##### Derived terms

* تاقچه (tâqče)
* طاق نصرت (tâq-e nosrat)
* طاقباز (tâqbâz)
* چارطاق (čârtâq)

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: թաղ (tʻaġ)
* → Azerbaijani: tağ

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?], itself borrowed from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tʾk' /⁠tāg⁠/, “item; unit; single; branch”). Doublet of تا (tâ), which is inherited.

#### Adjective

طاق • (tâq)
* (mathematics, uncommon) odd
    Synonym: فرد (fard)
    Antonym: زوج (zowj)
    عدد طاق ― adad-e tâq ― odd number

### References

* Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “tʾg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic طَاقَ (ṭāqa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tˤaːʔ/, [tˤɑːʔ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

طاق • (ṭāʔ) I (present بطيق (biṭīʔ))
* to endure, to stand, to bear
    Synonym: تحمّل (tḥammal)

#### Conjugation
## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طاق (tâq), ultimately from Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾg /⁠tāg⁠/, “arch”).

### Noun

طاق • (tāq) ? (Hindi spelling ताक़)
* niche