ذوق

See also: دوق

Arabic

Root
ذ و ق (ḏ w q)
3 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðawq/

Noun

ذَوْق • (ḏawq) m (plural أَذْوَاق (ʔaḏwāq))

verbal noun of ذَاقَ (ḏāqa) (form I)
taste
good taste
sense or organ of taste
enjoyment, pleasure
أَهْل ذَوْقٍ ― ʔahl ḏawqin ― voluptuaries

Declension

Declension of noun **ذَوْق** (ḏawq)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ذَوْق ḏawq	الذَّوْق aḏ-ḏawq	ذَوْق ḏawq
nominative	ذَوْقٌ ḏawqun	الذَّوْقُ aḏ-ḏawqu	ذَوْقُ ḏawqu
accusative	ذَوْقًا ḏawqan	الذَّوْقَ aḏ-ḏawqa	ذَوْقَ ḏawqa
genitive	ذَوْقٍ ḏawqin	الذَّوْقِ aḏ-ḏawqi	ذَوْقِ ḏawqi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ذَوْقَيْن ḏawqayn	الذَّوْقَيْن aḏ-ḏawqayn	ذَوْقَيْ ḏawqay
nominative	ذَوْقَانِ ḏawqāni	الذَّوْقَانِ aḏ-ḏawqāni	ذَوْقَا ḏawqā
accusative	ذَوْقَيْنِ ḏawqayni	الذَّوْقَيْنِ aḏ-ḏawqayni	ذَوْقَيْ ḏawqay
genitive	ذَوْقَيْنِ ḏawqayni	الذَّوْقَيْنِ aḏ-ḏawqayni	ذَوْقَيْ ḏawqay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَذْوَاق ʔaḏwāq	الْأَذْوَاق al-ʔaḏwāq	أَذْوَاق ʔaḏwāq
nominative	أَذْوَاقٌ ʔaḏwāqun	الْأَذْوَاقُ al-ʔaḏwāqu	أَذْوَاقُ ʔaḏwāqu
accusative	أَذْوَاقًا ʔaḏwāqan	الْأَذْوَاقَ al-ʔaḏwāqa	أَذْوَاقَ ʔaḏwāqa
genitive	أَذْوَاقٍ ʔaḏwāqin	الْأَذْوَاقِ al-ʔaḏwāqi	أَذْوَاقِ ʔaḏwāqi

Descendants

Hijazi Arabic: ذوق (zōg)
Moroccan Arabic: دوق (dawq, dūq)
→ Azerbaijani: zövq
→ Ottoman Turkish: ذوق (zevk)
- Turkish: zevk
- → Crimean Tatar: zevq
- → Romanian: zefchi
→ Uyghur: زوق (zoq)
→ Uzbek: zavq

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ذوق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zoːʔ/

Noun

ذوق • (zōʔ) m (plural أذواق (ʔazwāʔ))

taste, preference

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ذ و ق
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zoːɡ/, /ðoːɡ/

Noun

ذوق • (zōg) m (plural أذواق (ʔazwāg))

taste
tact

Etymology 2

From Arabic ذَوَّقَ (ḏawwaqa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daw.waɡ/, /ðaw.waɡ/

Verb

ذوق • (dawwag) II (non-past يِذَوِّق (yidawwig))

to let someone taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of **ذوق**
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	ذوقت (dawwagt)	ذوقت (dawwagt)	ذوق (dawwag)	ذوقنا (dawwagna)	ذوقتوا (dawwagtu)	ذوقوا (dawwagu)
past	f	ذوقت (dawwagt)	ذوقتي (dawwagti)	ذوقت (dawwagat)	ذوقنا (dawwagna)	ذوقتوا (dawwagtu)	ذوقوا (dawwagu)
non-past	m	أذوق (ʔadawwig)	تذوق (tidawwig)	يذوق (yidawwig)	نذوق (nidawwig)	تذوقوا (tidawwigu)	يذوقوا (yidawwigu)
non-past	f	أذوق (ʔadawwig)	تذوقي (tidawwigi)	تذوق (tidawwig)	نذوق (nidawwig)	تذوقوا (tidawwigu)	يذوقوا (yidawwigu)
imperative	m		ذوق (dawwig)			ذوقوا (dawwigu)
imperative	f		ذوقي (dawwigi)			ذوقوا (dawwigu)

North Levantine Arabic

Root
ذ و ق
2 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zawʔ/, /zoːʔ/
(Druze) IPA^(key): /zawq/, /zoːq/

Noun

ذوق • (zōʔ) m (plural أذواق (ʔazwāʔ))

taste
Synonym: طعم (ṭaʕem)
one's taste in things, liking, preference
good taste
tact, class

Derived terms

مذوق (mizweʔ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Noun

ذوق • (zevk)

sense of taste
flavor
enjoyment, pleasure
sensuality
fun, amusement

Related terms

ذوقیاب (zevkyab)

Descendants

Turkish: zevk
→ Crimean Tatar: zevq
→ Romanian: zefchi

Persian

Etymology

Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈðawq/, /ˈzawq/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäwq]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäwq]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäwq]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zowɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäwq]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ḏawq, zawq
Dari reading^?	zawq
Iranian reading^?	zowġ
Tajik reading^?	zavq

Noun

ذوق • (zowq)

taste, flavor, liking

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ذ و ق
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Urban) /zoːʔ/, [zoːʔ]
IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /zoːɡ/, [zoːɡ]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

ذوق • (zōʔ) m (plural أذواق (ʔazwāʔ))

taste
Synonym: طعم (ṭaʕm)
tact

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zawq), from Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq). Related to ذائقہ (zāyqā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɔːq/
Rhymes: -ɔːq

Noun

ذَوْق • (zavq) m (Hindi spelling ज़ौ्क़)

(food) taste, flavor
Synonym: ذائقہ (zā'iqā)
taste, interest
Synonym: شوق (śoq)

اردو میں ذوق رکھنا ― To have a taste in urdu

تمہارا گانے میں اچّھا ذوق رکھنا ― You have a good taste in music
pleasure, delight
Synonym: مزہ (mazā)

Declension

Declension of **ذوق**
	singular	plural
direct	ذَوْق (zauq)	ذَوْق (zauq)
oblique	ذَوْق (zauq)	ذَوْقوں (zauqõ)
vocative	ذَوْق (zauq)	ذَوْقو (zauqo)

Derived terms

بد ذوق (bad-zauq, “distateful, unpleasant”)
ذوق ہونا (zauq honā, “to have a taste for, to take pleasure in”)
شوق ذوق (śauq-zauq, “great pleasure”)

References

“ذوق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.