حقوق

See also: حقوف and حفوف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

حُقُوق • (ḥuqūq) m pl

plural of حَقّ (ḥaqq, “right, title, claim”)
الْحُقُوق (al-ḥuqūq) — law, jurisprudence

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: hüquq
→ Bashkir: хоҡуҡ (xoquq)
→ Chagatai: حقوق
- Uyghur: ھوقۇق (hoquq)
- Uzbek: huquq
→ Crimean Tatar: uquq
→ Hausa: haqqoq
→ Karakalpak: huqıq
→ Kashmiri: حقوٗق (hqūq)
→ Kazakh: құқық (qūqyq)
→ Kyrgyz: укук (ukuk)
→ Ottoman Turkish: حقوق (hukûk)
- Turkish: hukuk
→ Pashto: حقوق (hoquq)
→ Persian: حُقوق (hoquq)
→ Somali: xuquuq
→ Tajik: ҳуқуқ (huquq)
→ Tatar: хокук (xoquk)
→ Turkmen: hukuk
→ Urdu: حُقُوق (huqūq)
→ Western Panjabi: حقوق (haqūq)

Noun

حُقُوق • (ḥuqūq) f pl

plural of حُقَّة (ḥuqqa)

Etymology 2

Noun

حُقُوق • (ḥuqūq) m

verbal noun of حُقَّ (ḥuqqa) (form I)
verbal noun of حَقَّ (ḥaqqa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun **حُقُوق** (ḥuqūq)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حُقُوق ḥuqūq	الْحُقُوق al-ḥuqūq	حُقُوق ḥuqūq
nominative	حُقُوقٌ ḥuqūqun	الْحُقُوقُ al-ḥuqūqu	حُقُوقُ ḥuqūqu
accusative	حُقُوقًا ḥuqūqan	الْحُقُوقَ al-ḥuqūqa	حُقُوقَ ḥuqūqa
genitive	حُقُوقٍ ḥuqūqin	الْحُقُوقِ al-ḥuqūqi	حُقُوقِ ḥuqūqi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُقُوق (ḥuqūq).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hu.ˈquːq/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.qúːq]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.qúːq]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.qúq]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.ʁúːɢ̥]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [huːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.qúq]

Readings
Classical reading^?	huqūq
Dari reading^?	huqūq
Iranian reading^?	hoġuġ
Tajik reading^?	huquq

Noun


Iranian Persian	حقوق
Dari	حقوق
Tajik	ҳуқуқ

حُقوق • (hoquq)

law
plural of : rights
― hoquq-e zanân ― women's rights

Noun


Dari	معاش
Iranian Persian	حقوق
Tajik	маош

حقوق • (hoquq)

salary

Derived terms

حقوق بشر (hoquq-e bašar)
حقوق‌شناسی (hoquq-šenâsi)
علم حقوق ('elm-e hoquq)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حُقُوق (ḥuqūq)bor.

Classical Persian (huqūq)bor.

Urdu حُقُوق (huqūq)

Borrowed from Classical Persian (huqūq), from Arabic حُقُوق (ḥuqūq). First attested in c. 1707 as Middle Hindi حقوق (ḥqvq /⁠huqūq⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦʊ.quːq/
Rhymes: -uːq
Hyphenation: حُ‧قُوق

Noun

حُقُوق • (huqūq) m pl (Hindi spelling हक़ूक़)

plural of حَق (haq): rights
اِنْسانی حُقُوق ― insānī huqūq ― human rights

References

“حقوق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“حقوق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.