توکل

See also: توكل and تؤكل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَكُّل (tawakkul).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.wak.ˈkul/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wäk.kʰʊl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wäk.kʰʊl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wäk.kʰul̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.vækʲ.kʰol̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.väk.kʰul]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tawakkul
Dari reading^?	tawakkul
Iranian reading^?	tavakkol
Tajik reading^?	tavakkul

Noun

توکل • (tawakkul / tavakkol) (Tajik spelling таваккул)

trust, reliance
Synonym: اعتماد (i'timād / e'temâd)
resort (something or someone turned to for safety)

Derived terms

توکل کردن (tawakkul kardan / tavakkol kardan, “to resort”)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “توکل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “توکل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press