طَرِيقٌ path in Arabic
طَرِيقٌ is how you say “path” in Arabic.
Root ط ر ق ṭ-r-q. noun. ṭarīq.
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Meaning of path in Arabic
- road, path, way the route or track one travels; the ground is called this because it is beaten and trodden underfoot by those who pass over it.
Example sentence
فَإِنْ فَتَرَ سَائِقُهَا ضَلَّتْ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ
If its driver weakens, it strays from the path.
الطَّرِيقِ the path
'al-' = 'the'; 'tariq' = 'path, road'. It takes the 'of/from' ending after the preposition.
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How it is used
An everyday, concrete word for a physical road or path. It ties back to the root's basic sense of beating or striking: Lane's records "ṭaraqtu l-ṭarīq" (I traveled/beat the road) and describes ground as "beaten so as to be rendered even... and trodden with the feet" — the same striking action behind knocking on a door.
Words from the same root
- طَرَقَ to knock, beat; to come by night
- مِطْرَقَة a hammer or mallet for beating
- طُرُوق a coming or arriving by night
- طِرَاق a brand-mark on livestock
More example sentences
ينبع الطريق إلى تهذيب النفس من ملاحظة اللحظة الصغيرة التي تمر بين شهيق وزفير
The path to refining the soul springs from noticing the small moment that passes between inhalation and exhalation.
الطَّرِيقُ the path
'al-' = 'the'; 'tariq' = 'path'. Subject of the verb.
إذا ثَقُل الطريق، فتذكر أنّ التعب علامة حياة، وأن نور الهداية يظهر في مواضع المقاومة
If the path becomes heavy, remember that fatigue is a sign of life, and that the light of guidance appears in places of resistance.
الطَّرِيقُ the path
'al-' = 'the'; 'tariq' = 'path'. Subject of the verb.
عند الفتور، بدّل الوسيلة لا الغاية إن عجز لسانك فليذكر قلبك، وإن ثقل قلبك فلتخدم يدك، فالطرق إلى الله بعدد أنفاس الخلائق
When feeling lethargic, change the means, not the goal: if your tongue is too weak, let your heart remember; if your heart is heavy, let your hands serve, for the paths to God are as numerous as the breaths of creation.
فَالطُّرُقُ for the paths
'fa-' = 'for'; 'al-' = 'the'; 'turuq' = 'paths' (plural), so 'for the paths'.
هذه الزيادات الصغيرة هي السلّم الخفي الذي يصعد بك حين لا يراك أحد، حتى تصير النفس مطمئنة، والعمل سهلًا، والطريق مضيئًا من الداخل
These small increments are the hidden ladder that lifts you when no one sees, until the soul becomes content, the work easy, and the path illuminated from within.
وَالطَّرِيقُ the path
'wa-' = 'and'; 'al-' = 'the'; 'tariq' = 'path', so 'and the path'.
فانطلق حتى إذا نصف الطريق أتاه الموت،
He set out until when he was halfway there, death came to him.
الطَّرِيقِ there
This is 'the road / the way' — the journey whose midpoint he reached, in the genitive. So he had covered just half the distance to the good land when the next event struck. Its ending answers to the verb of reaching-the-middle.
وَخَلَا الطَّرِيقُ لَا يَمُرُّ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ،
And the road lay deserted; no one passed along it.
الطَّرِيقُ the road
A definite noun, made so by its fused 'al-' (the), standing as the subject of the verb 'lay deserted' before it, so it carries the subject ending. Its first letter is a sun-letter, so in speech the 'al-' blends into a doubled 't' (at-tariq). It is the thing described as empty.
مُرِيدًا لِسُلُوكِ طَرِيقٍ مُرَافِقُهُ فِيهَا فِي غَايَةِ الْقِلَّةِ وَالْعِزَّةِ،
seeking to follow a path whose companion in it is in the utmost scarcity and honor,
طَرِيقٍ a path
An indefinite noun, 'a path', the object of the treading and governed in the genitive by the possessive link of the action-noun before it. Left indefinite, it keeps the path general. It also bears the long descriptive clause that follows about its lonely companion.
فَعَرَضَ لَهُ فِي طَرِيقِهِ شَيْطَانٌ مِنْ شَيَاطِينِ الْإِنْسِ،
A devil from among the devils of humankind appeared to him on his way.
طَرِيقِهِ his way
This noun carries -hu ('his') and is governed into the genitive by the preceding 'on', so it means 'on his way'. The attached possessor reaches back to the man, tracking whose path it is. One Arabic word gives 'his way'.
يُقَالُ طَرِيقٌ مُعَبَّدٌ إِذَا كَانَ مَذَلَّلًا قَدْ وَطَأَتْهُ الْأَقْدَامُ
It is said that a road is called paved when it is made level by being trodden by the feet.
طَرِيق a road
An indefinite noun 'a road', its indefiniteness shown by the doubled final vowel-marking (nunation). It is the thing the following participle describes, opening the illustrative phrase.
وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَاطِعًا طَرِيقَ الدِّينِ
And that is because Allah, exalted be He, sent him to sever the path of religion.
طَرِيقَ path
The first noun of an 'of' pairing ('the way OF religion'). Two nouns set side by side build possession with no separate word for 'of'; this front noun gives up any 'al-' of its own and draws its definiteness from the owner that follows. It is also the thing being severed.
Common questions
- How do you say "path" in Arabic?
- طَرِيقٌ (ṭarīq).
- Why is a road called ṭarīq in Arabic?
- Because the root ط ر ق carries the sense of beating or striking — a road is ground that has been beaten level and trodden by the feet of travelers.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).