ताक़त

Borrowed from Classical Persian طاقت (tāqat, “stamina, endurance”), from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa). Compare Gujarati તાકત (tākat), Kannada ತಾಕತ್ತು (tākattu), Marathi ताकद (tākad), Punjabi ਤਾਕਤ (tākat) / طاقت (t̤āqt).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.qət̪/, [t̪äː.qɐt̪], /t̪ɑː.kət̪/, [t̪äː.kɐt̪]

ताक़त • (tāqat) f (Urdu spelling طاقت)

1. power, strength

   Synonyms: शक्ति (śakti), बल (bal), वश (vaś)

   उठने की ताक़त नहीं है मेरे पास।

   uṭhne kī tāqat nahī̃ hai mere pās.

   I do not have the strength to rise.

   उसके खिलाफ़ मेरी सारी ताक़त बेकार थी।

   uske khilāf merī sārī tāqat bekār thī.

   All my powers were useless against him.

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ताक़त”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 282.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ताकत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2047
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ताक़त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 446
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ताक़त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.