حاذق

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ذ ق (ḥ ḏ q)
1 term

Derived from the active participle of حَذَقَ (ḥaḏaqa, “to be skilled, to be proficient”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.ðiq/

Adjective

حَاذِق • (ḥāḏiq) (feminine حَاذِقَة (ḥāḏiqa), masculine plural حَاذِقُون (ḥāḏiqūn) or حُذَّاق (ḥuḏḏāq) or حَذَقَة (ḥaḏaqa), feminine plural حَاذِقَات (ḥāḏiqāt), elative أَحْذَق (ʔaḥḏaq))

1. skillful, proficient, adept, shrewd

   Synonyms: بَارِع (bāriʕ), خَبِير (ḵabīr), مَاهِر (māhir), مُجِيد (mujīd)

Declension

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَاذِق ḥāḏiq	الْحَاذِق al-ḥāḏiq	حَاذِقَة ḥāḏiqa	الْحَاذِقَة al-ḥāḏiqa
Nominative	حَاذِقٌ ḥāḏiqun	الْحَاذِقُ al-ḥāḏiqu	حَاذِقَةٌ ḥāḏiqatun	الْحَاذِقَةُ al-ḥāḏiqatu
Accusative	حَاذِقًا ḥāḏiqan	الْحَاذِقَ al-ḥāḏiqa	حَاذِقَةً ḥāḏiqatan	الْحَاذِقَةَ al-ḥāḏiqata
Genitive	حَاذِقٍ ḥāḏiqin	الْحَاذِقِ al-ḥāḏiqi	حَاذِقَةٍ ḥāḏiqatin	الْحَاذِقَةِ al-ḥāḏiqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَاذِقَيْن ḥāḏiqayn	الْحَاذِقَيْن al-ḥāḏiqayn	حَاذِقَتَيْن ḥāḏiqatayn	الْحَاذِقَتَيْن al-ḥāḏiqatayn
Nominative	حَاذِقَانِ ḥāḏiqāni	الْحَاذِقَانِ al-ḥāḏiqāni	حَاذِقَتَانِ ḥāḏiqatāni	الْحَاذِقَتَانِ al-ḥāḏiqatāni
Accusative	حَاذِقَيْنِ ḥāḏiqayni	الْحَاذِقَيْنِ al-ḥāḏiqayni	حَاذِقَتَيْنِ ḥāḏiqatayni	الْحَاذِقَتَيْنِ al-ḥāḏiqatayni
Genitive	حَاذِقَيْنِ ḥāḏiqayni	الْحَاذِقَيْنِ al-ḥāḏiqayni	حَاذِقَتَيْنِ ḥāḏiqatayni	الْحَاذِقَتَيْنِ al-ḥāḏiqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَاذِقِين‎; حُذَّاق‎; حَذَقَة ḥāḏiqīn‎; ḥuḏḏāq‎; ḥaḏaqa	الْحَاذِقِين‎; الْحُذَّاق‎; الْحَذَقَة al-ḥāḏiqīn‎; al-ḥuḏḏāq‎; al-ḥaḏaqa	حَاذِقَات ḥāḏiqāt	الْحَاذِقَات al-ḥāḏiqāt
Nominative	حَاذِقُونَ‎; حُذَّاقٌ‎; حَذَقَةٌ ḥāḏiqūna‎; ḥuḏḏāqun‎; ḥaḏaqatun	الْحَاذِقُونَ‎; الْحُذَّاقُ‎; الْحَذَقَةُ al-ḥāḏiqūna‎; al-ḥuḏḏāqu‎; al-ḥaḏaqatu	حَاذِقَاتٌ ḥāḏiqātun	الْحَاذِقَاتُ al-ḥāḏiqātu
Accusative	حَاذِقِينَ‎; حُذَّاقًا‎; حَذَقَةً ḥāḏiqīna‎; ḥuḏḏāqan‎; ḥaḏaqatan	الْحَاذِقِينَ‎; الْحُذَّاقَ‎; الْحَذَقَةَ al-ḥāḏiqīna‎; al-ḥuḏḏāqa‎; al-ḥaḏaqata	حَاذِقَاتٍ ḥāḏiqātin	الْحَاذِقَاتِ al-ḥāḏiqāti
Genitive	حَاذِقِينَ‎; حُذَّاقٍ‎; حَذَقَةٍ ḥāḏiqīna‎; ḥuḏḏāqin‎; ḥaḏaqatin	الْحَاذِقِينَ‎; الْحُذَّاقِ‎; الْحَذَقَةِ al-ḥāḏiqīna‎; al-ḥuḏḏāqi‎; al-ḥaḏaqati	حَاذِقَاتٍ ḥāḏiqātin	الْحَاذِقَاتِ al-ḥāḏiqāti

Declension of adjective حَاذِق (ḥāḏiq)

References

• “حاذق” in Almaany

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاذِق (ḥāḏiq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hɑː.ˈðiq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɑː.ˈzɪq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɑː.ˈzɪq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈzɪq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ˈziq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hɒː.ˈzeɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hɔ.ˈziq]

Readings
Classical reading?	hāḏiq
Dari reading?	hāziq
Iranian reading?	hâzeğ
Tajik reading?	hoziq

Adjective

حاذق • (hâzeq)

1. skillful, proficient, adept, shrewd

   Synonym: ماهر (mâher)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 64:

     چون که آید او حکیمی حاذق است
     صادقش دان که امین و صادق است

     čōn ki āyad ō hakīmē hāziq ast
     sādiq-aš dān ki amīn u sādiq ast

     When he comes, he is a skilled physician: deem him veracious, for he is trusty and true.