طاق

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *tāk (arch). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teg-, and akin to Latin toga (garment) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, roof).

Noun

طَاق (ṭāq) m

  1. (architecture) arch

Declension


Persian

Alternative forms

  • تاق (tâq)

Etymology

From Middle Persian tʾg (tāg, arch).

Noun

طاق (tâq) (plural طاق‌ها (tâq-hâ))

  1. (architecture) arch

Derived terms

  • تاقچه (tâqče)
  • چارتاق (čârtâq)

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “tʾg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
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