دقت

See also: دفت and ذقت

Azerbaijani

Noun

دقت (diqqət) (definite accusative دقتی (diqqəti), plural دقتلر (diqqətlər))

  1. Arabic spelling of diqqət (attention)

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duqt/

Verb

دقت • (duqt)

  1. first-person singular past of داق (dāq)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِقَّة (diqqa, accuracy, precision).

Noun

دقت • (dikkât) (definite accusative دقتی (dikkati), plural دقتلر (dikkatler))

  1. attention, care, heed, regard, consideration, any action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something
    Synonyms: التفات (iltifât), بال (bâl)

Derived terms

  • دقت ایتمك (dikkat etmek, to pay attention)
  • دقت نظر (dikkat-i nazar, careful inspection)
  • دقتسز (dikkatsiz, inattentive, careless)
  • دقتلو (dikkatli, attentive, careful)
  • نظر دقته آلمق (nazar dikkate almak, to take in consideration)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dikkat
  • Albanian: dikat
  • Armenian: տիքքաթ (tikʻkʻatʻ)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِقَّة (diqqa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? diqqat
Dari reading? diqqat
Iranian reading? deġġat
Tajik reading? diqqat
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari دِقَّت
Iranian Persian
Tajik диққат

دِقَّت • (deqqat)

  1. accuracy
  2. care, attention
    لطفا این متن را به دقت بخوانید. (more literary)
    lotfan in matn-râ be deqqat be-xânid.
    لطفا این متن و به دقت بخونین. (more colloquial)
    lotfan in matn-o be deqqat be-xunin.
    Please read this text carefully.

Derived terms

verbs

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دِقَّت (diqqat, accuracy; attention), itself from Arabic دِقَّة (diqqa).

Pronunciation

Noun

دِقَّت • (diqqatf (Hindi spelling दिक़्क़त)

  1. (now chiefly Karachi, India) difficulty, problem, trouble
    Synonyms: مُشْکِل (muśkil), مُصِیبَت (muṣībat), پَریشانی (pareśānī), مسئلہ (mas'ala)

Declension

Declension of دقت
singular plural
direct دِقَّت (diqqat) دِقَّتیں (diqqatẽ)
oblique دِقَّت (diqqat) دِقَّتوں (diqqatõ)
vocative دِقَّت (diqqat) دِقَّتو (diqqato)

Further reading

  • دقت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دقت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.