دقت

See also: دفت and ذقت

Azerbaijani

Noun

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

1. Arabic spelling of diqqət (“attention”)

Declension

Declension of دقت

	singular	plural
nominative	دقت	دقتلر
definite accusative	دقتی	دقتلری
dative	دقته	دقتلره
locative	دقتده	دقتلرده
ablative	دقتدن	دقتلردن
definite genitive	دقتین	دقتلرین

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duqt/

Verb

دقت • (duqt)

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِقَّة (diqqa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [diq.ˈqat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪq.qǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪq.qǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪq.qǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪iq.qǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eʁ.ɢǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iq.qǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	diqqat
Dari reading?	diqqat
Iranian reading?	değğat
Tajik reading?	diqqat

• Audio (Iran):

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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

• دِقَّت کَردَن (deqqat kardan)
• دِقَّت گِرِفتَن (deqqat gereftan)

 

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪq.qət̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

دِقَّت • (diqqat) f (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, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دقت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.