حقیقت

See also: حقيقة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa, “truth, reality”).

Noun

حقیقت • (hakikat) (definite accusative حقیقتی (hakikati), plural حقائق (hakaʼık))

1. truth, reality, veracity, verity, truthful facts, genuine depiction or statements in accord with fact or reality

   Synonyms: طوغری (doğrı), كرچك (gerçek)

2. fact, actuality, something actual as opposed to invented, something which is real and demonstrable

   Synonym: كرچك (gerçek)

3. essence, substance, the property or set of properties and attributes that create the identity of an entity

   Synonym: جوهر (cevher)

Derived terms

• حقیقةً (hakikaten, “really, for real”)
• حقیقت بین (hakikat-bîn, “whose opinion is correct”)
• حقیقت حال (hakikat-i hal, “the truth of the matter”)
• حقیقت شرعیه (hakikat-i şerʼiye, “word or thing canonically defined”)
• حقیقت شناس (hakikat şinâs, “who knows reality”)
• حقیقت عرفیه (hakikat-i ʼörfiye, “expression whose figurative meaning is accepted as literal”)
• حقیقت عقلیه (hakikat-i ʼâkliye, “expression used in the literal sense of the words”)
• حقیقت قصره (hakikat-i kasıra, “figurative expression susceptible of more meanings”)
• حقیقت كو (hakikat-gû, “telling the truth”)
• حقیقت لغویه (hakikat-i lügâviye, “expression used in the literal sense of the words”)
• حقیقت مطلقه (hakikat-i mutlaka, “the unqualified entity, God”)
• حقیقت مقیده (hakikat-i mukayyide, “a qualified entity, a creature of God”)
• حقیقت پرست (hakikat-perest, “truth lover”)
• حقیقتسز (hakikatsiz, “false, insincere”)
• حقیقتلو (hakikatli, “true in friendship”)

Descendants

• Turkish: hakikat

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “حقیقت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 660
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hakikat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1841
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hakikat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 374
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حقیقت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 513
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Veritas”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1739
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حقیقة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1788
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hakikat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حقیقت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 796

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.qiː.qǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qiː.qǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qi.qǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ʁiː.ʁǽt̪]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	haqīqat
Dari reading?	haqīqat
Iranian reading?	hağiğat
Tajik reading?	haqiqat

Noun

Dari	حقیقت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳақиқат

حَقیقَت • (haqiqat) (plural حقیقت‌ها (haqiqat-hâ) or حقایق (haqâyeq))

1. fact
2. truth
3. reality

Related terms

• حقیقی (haqiqi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: həqiqət
• → Bashkir: хәҡиҡәт (xəqiqət)
• → Bengali: হকিকত (hokikot)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हक़ीक़त (haqīqat)

  Urdu: حَقِیقَت (haqīqat)

• → Indonesian: hakikat
• → Kazakh: ақиқат (aqiqat)
• → Kyrgyz: акыйкат (akıykat)
• → Malay: hakikat
• → Tausug: hakīkat
• → Turkish: hakikat
• → Turkmen: hakykat
• → Uzbek: haqiqat

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حقیقت (haqīqat), from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa). Related to حق (haq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.qiː.qət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

حَقِیقَت • (haqīqat) f (formal plural حقائق, Hindi spelling हक़ीक़त)

1. fact
2. truth
3. reality

Declension

Declension of حقیقت

	singular	plural
direct	حقیقت (haqīqat)	حقیقتیں (haqīqatẽ)
oblique	حقیقت (haqīqat)	حقیقتوں (haqīqatõ)
vocative	حقیقت (haqīqat)	حقیقتو (haqīqato)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “حقيقت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “حقیقت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “حقیقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.