تقوی
Persian
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /taq.ˈwaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäq.wɑ́ː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæʁ.vɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäq.vɔ́]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | taqwā |
| Dari reading? | taqwā |
| Iranian reading? | taġvâ |
| Tajik reading? | taqvo |
Noun
تقوی • (taqwā / taġvâ) (Tajik spelling тақво)
- alternative spelling of تقوا (taqwā / taġvâ, “virtue; piety”)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3705:
- چون که هیزم باز گیری نار مرد
ز انکه تقوی آب سوی نار برد- čōn ki hēzum bāz gīrī nār murd
za anki taqwā āb sōy-i nār burd - When thou withholdest the faggots, the fire dies out,
because fear of God [piety] carries water to the fire.
- čōn ki hēzum bāz gīrī nār murd
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَقْویٰ (taqwā), borrowed from Arabic تَقْوَى (taqwā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪əq.ʋɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: تَق‧ویٰ
Noun
تَقْویٰ • (taqvā) m (indeclinable, Hindi spelling तक़्वा)
- taqwa – fear of God; piety; abstinence
Related terms
- اَہْلِ تَقْویٰ (ahl-i taqvā)
Further reading
- “تقوی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “تقویٰ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 197
- Platts, John T. (1884), “تقوي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 330
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “تقوی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834), “تقويٰٰ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 532