Liaqat: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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لیاقت
لِيَاقَة
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Liaqat (لیاقت, Arabic لِيَاقَة) means “ability; merit; worthiness”. It comes from the Arabic root ل ي ق. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ل ي ق; Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, لیاقت.
- Meaning
- ability; merit; worthiness
- معنی
- قابلیت، لیاقت
Where it comes from
Verbal noun from lāqa, to befit; Urdu liyāqat means competence.
- Say it
- li-yaa-qatAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ل ي ق
- Other spellings
- Liaquat · Liyaqat
- Known bearer
- Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Themes
- Virtue