حماقت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاقَة (ḥamāqa).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	hamāqat
Dari reading?	hamāqat
Iranian reading?	hamâğat
Tajik reading?	hamoqat

Noun

حماقت • (hamâqat)

1. stupidity, foolishness, folly

   Synonyms: نادانی (nâdâni), سفاهت (safâhat), بلاهت (balâhat)

Derived terms

• حماقت کردن (hamâqat kardan, “to act foolishly”)

 

Related terms

• احمق (ahmaq, “foolish”)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حماقت (himāqat), from Arabic حَمَاقَة (ḥamāqa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.mäː.qət̪ᵊ/, [ɦə.mäː.kət̪ᵊ]

Noun

حَماقَت • (ḥamāqat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਮਾਕ਼ਤ)

1. stupidity, foolishness, folly

Declension

Declension of حماقت
dir. sg.	حَماقَت (ḥamāqat)
dir. pl.	حَماقَتاں (ḥamāqatāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	حَماقَت (ḥamāqat)	حَماقَتاں (ḥamāqatāṉ)
oblique	حَماقَت (ḥamāqat)	حَماقَتاں (ḥamāqatāṉ)
vocative	حَماقَتے (ḥamāqate)	حَماقَتو (ḥamāqato)
ablative	حَماقَتوں (ḥamāqatoṉ)	—
locative	حَماقَتے (ḥamāqate)	حَماقَتِیں (ḥamāqatīṉ)
instrumental	حَماقَتے (ḥamāqate)	حَماقَتِیں (ḥamāqatīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “حماقت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “حماقت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حماقت (himāqat), from Arabic حَمَاقَة (ḥamāqa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.qət̪/, /ɦə.mɑː.qət̪/
  • (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.xət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: حَِ‧ما‧قَت

Noun

حِماقَت or حَماقَت • (himāqat or hamāqat) f (Hindi spelling हिमाक़त or हमाक़त)

1. stupidity, foolishness, folly

Declension

Declension of حماقت
	singular	plural
direct	حِماقَت (himāqat)	حِماقَتیں (himāqatẽ)
oblique	حِماقَت (himāqat)	حِماقَتوں (himāqatõ)
vocative	حِماقَت (himāqat)	حِماقَتو (himāqato)

Further reading

• “حماقت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “حماقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حماقت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “حماقت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “حماقت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “حماقت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC