حقیقت
See also: حقيقة
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa, “truth, reality”).
Noun
حقیقت • (hakikat) (definite accusative حقیقتی (hakikati), plural حقائق (hakaʼık))
- truth, reality, veracity, verity, truthful facts, genuine depiction or statements in accord with fact or reality
- fact, actuality, something actual as opposed to invented, something which is real and demonstrable
- Synonym: كرچك (gerçek)
- essence, substance, the property or set of properties and attributes that create the identity of an entity
Derived terms
- حقیقةً (hakikaten, “really, for real”)
- حقیقت بین (hakikat-bîn, “whose opinion is correct”)
- حقیقت حال (hakikat-i hal, “the truth of the matter”)
- حقیقت شرعیه (hakikat-i şerʼiye, “word or thing canonically defined”)
- حقیقت شناس (hakikat şinâs, “who knows reality”)
- حقیقت عرفیه (hakikat-i ʼörfiye, “expression whose figurative meaning is accepted as literal”)
- حقیقت عقلیه (hakikat-i ʼâkliye, “expression used in the literal sense of the words”)
- حقیقت قصره (hakikat-i kasıra, “figurative expression susceptible of more meanings”)
- حقیقت كو (hakikat-gû, “telling the truth”)
- حقیقت لغویه (hakikat-i lügâviye, “expression used in the literal sense of the words”)
- حقیقت مطلقه (hakikat-i mutlaka, “the unqualified entity, God”)
- حقیقت مقیده (hakikat-i mukayyide, “a qualified entity, a creature of God”)
- حقیقت پرست (hakikat-perest, “truth lover”)
- حقیقتسز (hakikatsiz, “false, insincere”)
- حقیقتلو (hakikatli, “true in friendship”)
Descendants
- Turkish: hakikat
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “حقیقت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 660
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hakikat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1841
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hakikat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 374
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حقیقت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 513
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Veritas”, 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[3], Vienna, column 1739
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حقیقة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 1788
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hakikat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حقیقت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 796
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ha.qiː.ˈqat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hä.qiː.qǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæ.ʁiː.ʁǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hä.qi.qǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | haqīqat |
| Dari reading? | haqīqat |
| Iranian reading? | haġiġat |
| Tajik reading? | haqiqat |
Noun
| Dari | حقیقت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҳақиқат |
حَقیقَت • (haqiqat) (plural حقیقت‌ها (haqiqat-hâ), or حقایق (haqâyeq))
Related terms
- حقیقی (haqiqi)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: həqiqət
- → Bashkir: хәҡиҡәт (xəqiqət)
- → Bengali: হকিকত (hokikot)
- → Hindustani:
- → Indonesian: hakikat
- → Kazakh: ақиқат (aqiqat)
- → Kyrgyz: акыйкат (akıykat)
- → Malay: hakikat
- → Tausug: hakīkat
- → Turkish: hakikat
- → Turkmen: hakykat
- → Uzbek: haqiqat
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حقیقت (haqīqat), from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa). Related to حق (haq).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦə.qiː.qət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
Noun
حَقِیقَت • (haqīqat) f (formal plural حقائق, Hindi spelling हक़ीक़त)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | حقیقت (haqīqat) | حقیقتیں (haqīqatẽ) |
| oblique | حقیقت (haqīqat) | حقیقتوں (haqīqatõ) |
| vocative | حقیقت (haqīqat) | حقیقتو (haqīqato) |
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “حقيقت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “حقیقت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “حقیقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.