ताक़तवर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian طاقتور (tāqat-var). By surface analysis, ताक़त (tāqat) + -वर (-var).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.qət̪.ʋəɾ/, [t̪äː.qət̪.wəɾ], /t̪ɑː.kət̪.ʋəɾ/, [t̪äː.kət̪.wəɾ]
Adjective
ताक़तवर • (tāqatvar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling طاقَتوَر)
- strong, powerful
- Synonyms: शक्त (śakt), बली (balī), बलशाली (balśālī), शक्तिशाली (śaktiśālī), बलवान (balvān), शक्तिमान (śaktimān), ज़ोरदार (zordār), शक्र (śakra)
Noun
ताक़तवर • (tāqatvar) m (Urdu spelling طاقَتوَر)
- a strong or powerful person
- 2007, Pawan Jain, मैं समय हूँ [I am time], New Delhi: Radhakrishna Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., →ISBN, OCLC 309714813, page 37, →ISBN:
- लोकतंत्र की इन अँधेरी गलियों में
आम आदमी सिर्फ़ ठोकरें खा रहा है,
और ताक़तवरों का दरबार
पूरी शान से जगमगा रहा है।- loktantra kī in andherī galiyõ mẽ
ām ādmī sirf ṭhokarẽ khā rahā hai,
aur tāqatvarõ kā darbār
pūrī śān se jagmagā rahā hai. - In these dark streets of democracy, suffering is the common man; and the royal court of the powerful people, is shining with great grandeur.
- loktantra kī in andherī galiyõ mẽ
- 2010, Rekha Kastwar, किरदार ज़िन्दा है [The character is alive], New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, OCLC 552963321, page 97, →ISBN:
- ऐसा क्यों है कि कमज़ोरों की इज़्ज़त मिट्टी में मिलाए बिना ताक़तवरों की इज़्ज़त पाक-साफ़ होना सम्भव नहीं।
- aisā kyõ hai ki kamzorõ kī izzat miṭṭī mẽ milāe binā tāqatvarõ kī izzat pāk-sāf honā sambhav nahī̃.
- Why is it so, that without ruining the honour of the weak people, the powerful people's honour being pure and clean isn't possible.
- 2020, Arundhati Roy; Reyazul Haq (translator), आज़ादी [freedom], New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, →ISBN:
- यह जो भी है, कोविड-19 ने ताक़तवरों को घुटनों पर ला दिया है और दुनिया ठहर गई है।
- yah jo bhī hai, koviḍ-19 ne tāqatvarõ ko ghuṭnõ par lā diyā hai aur duniyā ṭhahar gaī hai.
- Whatever this is, COVID-19 has brought down even powerful people on their knees and the world is on a standstill.
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Declension
Declension of ताक़तवर (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | ताक़तवर tāqatvar | ताक़तवर tāqatvar |
oblique | ताक़तवर tāqatvar | ताक़तवरों tāqatvarõ |
vocative | ताक़तवर tāqatvar | ताक़तवरो tāqatvaro |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “ताकतवर”, 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
- “ताक़तवर”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.