हक़ूक़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हकूक (hakūk), हुक़ूक़ (huqūq), हुकूक (hukūk)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حُقُوق (ḥuqūq)bor.

Classical Persian حُقُوق (huqūq)bor.

Hindi हक़ूक़ (haqūq)

Borrowed from Classical Persian حُقُوق (huqūq), from Arabic حُقُوق (ḥuqūq). First attested in c. 1707 as Middle Hindi حقوق (ḥqvq /⁠huqūq⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.quːq/, [ɦɐ.quːq], /ɦə.kuːk/, [ɦɐ.kuːk]
• Hyphenation: ह‧क़ूक़
• Rhymes: -uːq

Noun

हक़ूक़ • (haqūq) m pl (Urdu spelling حُقُوق)

1. (rare) irregular direct plural of हक़ (haq): rights

Declension

Declension of हक़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हक़ haq	हक़, हक़ूक़ haq, haqūq
oblique	हक़ haq	हक़ों, हक़ूक़ों haqõ, haqūqõ
vocative	हक़ haq	हक़ो, हक़ूक़ो haqo, haqūqo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हकूक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5426
• “हकूक”, in Hindwi Dictionary [including the languages of Hindi region] (in Hindi), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• “हुक़ूक़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.