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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.qa/
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Etymology 1

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    Root
    ط و ق (ṭ w q)
    4 terms

    Noun

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    طَاقَة (ṭāqaf (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
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    Etymology 2

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    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).

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    طَاقَة (ṭāqaf (plural طَاقَات (ṭāqāt))

    1. window
      Synonym: نافِذة (nāfiḏa)
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    Hijazi Arabic

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    Root
    ط و ق
    3 terms

    Etymology

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    From Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa, window).

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

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    طاقة (ṭāgaf (plural طاقات (ṭāgāt))

    1. (dated) window
    2. energy, power

    Moroccan Arabic

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa, window).

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    طاقة (ṭāqaf (plural طواقي (ṭwāqi), diminutive طويقة (ṭwīqa))

    1. window

    South Levantine Arabic

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    Root
    ط و ق
    2 terms

    Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa).

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    Noun

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    طاقة (ṭāqaf (plural طاقات (ṭāqāt))

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