مشتاق

Arabic

Root
ش و ق (š w q)
9 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle and passive participle of اِشْتَاقَ (ištāqa, “to long for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʃ.taːq/
• Rhymes: -aːq

Adjective

مُشْتَاق • (muštāq) (feminine مُشْتَاقَة (muštāqa), masculine plural مُشْتَاقُونَ (muštāqūna), feminine plural مُشْتَاقَات (muštāqāt))

1. yearning (for), longing (for), desirous

Declension

Declension of adjective مُشْتَاق (muštāq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُشْتَاق muštāq	الْمُشْتَاق al-muštāq	مُشْتَاقَة muštāqa	الْمُشْتَاقَة al-muštāqa
Nominative	مُشْتَاقٌ muštāqun	الْمُشْتَاقُ al-muštāqu	مُشْتَاقَةٌ muštāqatun	الْمُشْتَاقَةُ al-muštāqatu
Accusative	مُشْتَاقًا muštāqan	الْمُشْتَاقَ al-muštāqa	مُشْتَاقَةً muštāqatan	الْمُشْتَاقَةَ al-muštāqata
Genitive	مُشْتَاقٍ muštāqin	الْمُشْتَاقِ al-muštāqi	مُشْتَاقَةٍ muštāqatin	الْمُشْتَاقَةِ al-muštāqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُشْتَاقَيْن muštāqayn	الْمُشْتَاقَيْن al-muštāqayn	مُشْتَاقَتَيْن muštāqatayn	الْمُشْتَاقَتَيْن al-muštāqatayn
Nominative	مُشْتَاقَانِ muštāqāni	الْمُشْتَاقَانِ al-muštāqāni	مُشْتَاقَتَانِ muštāqatāni	الْمُشْتَاقَتَانِ al-muštāqatāni
Accusative	مُشْتَاقَيْنِ muštāqayni	الْمُشْتَاقَيْنِ al-muštāqayni	مُشْتَاقَتَيْنِ muštāqatayni	الْمُشْتَاقَتَيْنِ al-muštāqatayni
Genitive	مُشْتَاقَيْنِ muštāqayni	الْمُشْتَاقَيْنِ al-muštāqayni	مُشْتَاقَتَيْنِ muštāqatayni	الْمُشْتَاقَتَيْنِ al-muštāqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُشْتَاقِين muštāqīn	الْمُشْتَاقِين al-muštāqīn	مُشْتَاقَات muštāqāt	الْمُشْتَاقَات al-muštāqāt
Nominative	مُشْتَاقُونَ muštāqūna	الْمُشْتَاقُونَ al-muštāqūna	مُشْتَاقَاتٌ muštāqātun	الْمُشْتَاقَاتُ al-muštāqātu
Accusative	مُشْتَاقِينَ muštāqīna	الْمُشْتَاقِينَ al-muštāqīna	مُشْتَاقَاتٍ muštāqātin	الْمُشْتَاقَاتِ al-muštāqāti
Genitive	مُشْتَاقِينَ muštāqīna	الْمُشْتَاقِينَ al-muštāqīna	مُشْتَاقَاتٍ muštāqātin	الْمُشْتَاقَاتِ al-muštāqāti

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْتَاق (muštāq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʃ.ˈtɑːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʃ.t̪ʰɔ́ːq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʃ.t̪ʰɒ́ːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʃ.t̪ʰɔ́q]

Readings
Classical reading?	muštāq
Dari reading?	muštāq
Iranian reading?	moštâğ
Tajik reading?	muštoq

Adjective

مشتاق • (moštâq)

1. yearning (for), longing (for), desirous
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 12:

     همچو نی زهری و تریاقی که دید
     همچو نی دمساز و مشتاقی که دید

     hamčō nay zahrē u tiryāqē ki dīd
     hamčō nay damsāz u muštāqē ki dīd

     Who ever saw a poison and antidote like the reed?
     Who ever saw a sympathiser and a longing lover like the reed?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Related terms

• اشتیاق (eštiyâq)
• مشتاقی (moštâqi)

 

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مشتاق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim