Arabic

Noun

ذَوْق • ‎(ḏawq) m ‎(plural أَذْوَاق ‎(ʾaḏwāq))

1. verbal noun of ذَاقَ ‎(ḏāqa) (form I)
2. taste
3. good taste
4. sense or organ of taste
5. enjoyment, pleasure

   أَهْل ذَوْق‎ ― ʾahl ḏawq ― voluptuary

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ذوق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ذَوْق ‎(ḏawq)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoːg/
• IPA^(key): /ðoːg/ (rural pronunciation)

Noun

ذوق • ‎(zōg) m (plural أذواق ‎(ʼazwāg))

1. taste
2. tact

Etymology 2

From the root ذ و ق ‎(ḏ-w-q); "to taste"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːg/
• IPA^(key): /ðuːg/ (rural pronunciation)

verb

ذوق • ‎(dūg) m second-person singular active imperative of ذَاق

1. taste!