لایق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَائِق (lāʔiq).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /laː.ˈjiq/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jɪq]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jɪq]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː.jiq]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒː.jeɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔ.jiq]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lāyiq
Dari reading^?	lāyiq
Iranian reading^?	lâyeġ
Tajik reading^?	loyiq


Iranian Persian	لایق
Dari	لایق
Tajik	лойиқ

Adjective

لایق • (lâyeq) (comparative لایق‌تَر, superlative لایق‌تَرین)

worthy, fit, deserving
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 297:
  ور نه بر فانی قسم گفتن خطاست
  خود فنا چه لایق گفت خداست
  war na bar fānī qasam guftan xatā-st
  xwad finā či lāyiq guft-i xudā-st
  Else it is wrong to swear by a transient thing:
  how indeed is transiency proper to the speech of God?
capable, qualified, eligible

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: लायक़ (lāyaq), लाइक़ (lāiq)
- Urdu: لَائَق (lāyaq), لَائِق (lāyiq)
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਲਾਇਕ਼ (lāiqa), ਲਾਇਕ (lāika) — nuqtaless
- Shahmukhi script: لَائَق (lāyaq), لَائِق (lāyiq)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “لایق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim