طاق t̤āq Ar. form of old P. تاك tāk; and of Pehl. tāk = P. tāh or tā, q.v.
A طاق t̤āq (Ar. form of old P. تاك tāk; and of Pehl. tāk = P. tāh or tā, q.v.), s.m. An arched building; an arch; a cupola, vault; a recess (in a wall), a niche; a shelf; a projecting part, a cornice, a ledge, &c.; a window; a balcony;—adj. & s.m. Single, sole; uneven, odd (opp. to juft); singular, rare, unique, unmatched, unequalled, unrivalled;—a fold, plait, ply:—t̤āq bharnā (-kā), To place a lighted lamp as a votive offering in a niche (in a mosque, &c.):—t̤āq baiṭhnā, v.n. 'To settle on a ledge,' &c.; to become an accomplished fact; to be brought home (to); to be confirmed (as a report, e.g. urṭī urṭī t̤āq baiṭhī, 'the report is confirmed'):—t̤āq-par rakhnā (-ko), To lay on the shelf; to put or set aside; to neglect, abandon; to refuse; to disobey:—t̤aq-par honā or t̤āq honā, v.n. To be laid on the shelf, to be set or thrown aside; to be rendered ineffective or useless:—t̤āq-juft, s.m. The game of odd or even.
