حق

From the root ح ق ق (ḥ q q). Compare Hebrew חוק (ḥóqq, “law”), Classical Syriac ܚܘܩܐ (ḥuqqā, “rule”), Ge'ez ሐቀቀ (ḥäḳäḳä, “to fasten”), Tigrinya ሓቂ (ḥaqqi, “truth”). Perhaps related to حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to convince with legal arguments; to make the pilgrimage to Mecca”) and words corresponding to this root in the other Semitic languages.

• IPA^(key): /ħaq.qa/

حَقَّ • (ḥaqqa) I (non-past يَحِقُّ (yaḥiqqu) or يَحُقُّ (yaḥuqqu), verbal noun حَقَّة (ḥaqqa) or حَقّ (ḥaqq) or حُقُوق (ḥuqūq))

1. to be true, to be confirmed
2. to be right, to be correct
3. to be necessary, to be obligatory, to be imperative
4. to be adequate, to be suitable, to be appropriate, to be fitting
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:36:

     وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوٱ ٱللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوٱ الطَّاغُوتَ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَالَةُ فَسِيرُوٱ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَٱنْظُرُوٱ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ

     walaqad baʕaṯnā fī kulli ʔummatin rasūlan ʔani ʕbudū l-laha wājtanibū ṭ-ṭāḡūta faminhum man hadā l-lahu waminhum man ḥaqqat ʕalayhi ḍ-ḍalālatu fasīrū fī l-ʔarḍi fanẓurū kayfa kāna ʕāqibatu l-mukaḏḏibīna

     And we certainly sent into every nation a messenger [saying] “worship God and avoid the idol”. And among them were those whom God guided, and among them were those upon whom error was deservedly enacted. So proceed through the earth and see how was the end of the deniers.

5. to be due

حَقَّ • (ḥaqqa) I (non-past يَحُقُّ (yaḥuqqu), verbal noun حَقّ (ḥaqq))

1. to ascertain, to make sure
2. to recognize, to identify

• IPA^(key): /ħuq.qa/

حُقَّ • (ḥuqqa) I (passive-only, first-person singular past حُقِقْتُ (ḥuqiqtu), non-past يُحَقُّ (yuḥaqqu), verbal noun حَقَّة (ḥaqqa) or حَقّ (ḥaqq) or حُقُوق (ḥuqūq)) (passive voice)

1. to be necessary, to be obligatory, to be imperative
2. to be adequate, to be suitable, to be appropriate, to be fitting
3. to be due

• IPA^(key): /ħaqq/

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حَقّ • (ḥaqq) m (plural حُقُوق (ḥuqūq))

1. verbal noun of حُقَّ (ḥuqqa) (form I)
2. verbal noun of حَقَّ (ḥaqqa) (form I)
3. equity
4. truth
5. correctness, right
6. rightful possession, property
7. right
8. proper manner
9. reality
10. (in the plural, law) rights, claims, legal claims

    الْحُقُوق (al-ḥuqūq) — law, jurisprudence

• بَاطِل (bāṭil)

حَقّ • (ḥaqq) (feminine حَقّ (ḥaqq), masculine dual حَقّ (ḥaqq), feminine dual حَقّ (ḥaqq), common plural حَقّ (ḥaqq))

1. true, authentic, real
2. right, fair and reasonable
3. valid, sound, correct

Using the root ح ق ق (ḥ q q) via the idea of “fitting” parts.

• IPA^(key): /ħuqq/

حُقّ • (ḥuqq) m (plural أَحْقَاق (ʔaḥqāq) or حِقاق (ḥiqāq) or حُقُوق (ḥuqūq))

1. jar
2. pitcher
3. hollow, cavity
4. (anatomy) socket of a joint

حُقّ • (ḥuqq) f pl

1. plural of حُقَّة (ḥuqqa)

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “حق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 405–406
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “حق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 605–608.
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 223–224
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 288

From Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq).

• IPA^(key): /ˈħaɡɡ/

حَقّ • (ḥagg) m (plural حقوق (ḥugūg))

1. equity
2. right
3. rightful possession, property
4. claim, legal claim

حَقّ • (ḥagg) (feminine حَقَّة (ḥaggat) or حَقَّت (ḥaggat), plural حَقُّون (ḥaggōn))

1. belonging to.

   هذا الكتاب حق بدر. ― hāda l-kitāb ḥagg badir/badur ― This book belongs to Badir.

From Arabic حُقّ (ḥuqq).

• IPA^(key): /ˈħuɡɡ/

حق • (ḥugg) m (plural أحقاق (ʔaḥgāg))

1. (archaic) small box, can

   Synonym: عُلبة (ʕulba)

Inherited from Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq).

• IPA^(key): /ħaʔʔ/, [ħaʔ]
• (Druze) IPA^(key): /ħaqq/, [ħaq]

حق • (ḥaʔʔ) m (plural حقوق (ḥʔūʔ))

1. justice, rightness, fairness
2. truth, right
3. a right, something to which one is entitled (both in a legal and non-legal sense)

   بعرف حقوقي! ― baʕrif hʔūʔi! ― I know my rights!

   هي زعلانة وبالحق! بعد ما أخدت سكربيناتي الحلوين...

   hiyye zaʕlāne, ubil-haʔʔʔ! baʕed ma ʔaḵadet skarbīnāti l-ḥelwīn...

   She's upset and rightly so! After taking my good heels...

4. value, worth
5. price, cost

   Synonym: سعر (siʕir)

   قديه حقها؟ ― ʔaddē ḥaʔʔa? ― How much is this?

6. a point, something of value being said

   معك حق ― maʕak ḥaʔʔ ― You have a point

7. onus, blame, fault, responsibility

   الحق عليّ ― l-ḥaʔʔ ʕalayyi ― The blame is on me

Borrowed from Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq).

Readings
Classical reading?	haqq
Dari reading?	haqq
Iranian reading?	haġġ
Tajik reading?	haqq

حَقّ • (haqq) (plural حُقوق (hoquq), or حق‌ها)

1. right
2. truth; reality

• → Assamese: সক (xok)
• → Bengali: হক (hok)
• → Dhivehi: ހައްގު (haggu)
• → Gujarati: હક (hak)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हक़ (haq)

  Urdu: حق (haq)

  • → Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕು (hakku)
  • → Telugu: హక్కు (hakku)
  • → Tamil: அக்கு (akku)

• → Marathi: हक्क (hakka)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਹੱਕ (hakka)

  Shahmukhi script: حَق (ḥaq)

• → Rohingya:

  Latin script: hók

  Arabic script: حࣤ࣪قۡ

  Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴇𐴡𐴤𐴑 (hók)

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَقّ (haqq), borrowed from Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɦəqː/, [ɦɐk.kə̆]

حَقّ • (ḥaqq) m (plural حَقُوق, Gurmukhi spelling ਹੱਕ or ਹੱਕ਼)

1. right, privilege
2. truth, righteousness
3. (by extension, religion) God (an attribute of God)
4. due, portion, share

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “حقّ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “حق”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਹੱਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

From Arabic حَقَّ (ḥaqqa).

• IPA^(key): /ħaʔʔ/, [ħaʔ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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حَقّ • (ḥaʔ / ḥaq) m (plural حقوق (ḥuʔūʔ, ḥʔūʔ/ ḥuqūq, ḥqūq))

1. justice, truth, rightness
2. right, something to which one is entitled
3. value

حقّ • (ḥaʔʔ) I (present بحقّ (biḥiʔʔ))

1. to have a right to something, to be entitled to something

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَقّ (haqq), borrowed from Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq). First attested in c. 1421 as Middle Hindi حق (ḥq /⁠haq(q)⁠/).^[1]

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəq/
• Rhymes: -əq

حَق • (haq) m (formal plural حُقُوق (huqūq), Hindi spelling हक़)

1. a right (ie. a privilege or claim by law etc.)
2. portion, share

   Synonym: حِصَّہ (hissa)

3. reward (ie. a right that is earned)
4. the truth, righteousness

   Synonym: سَچ (sac)

   Antonym: باطِل (bātil)

5. (by extension, religion) God (an attribute of God)
6. duty, obligation

   Synonym: فَرْض (farz)

• → Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕು (hakku)
• → Telugu: హక్కు (hakku)
• → Tamil: அக்கு (akku)

• “حق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “حق”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]