Word history
Wiktionary records सिद्दीक़ (siddīq) as a Hindi surname. The entry identifies Arabic ṣiddīq as the source of the borrowed word and gives truthful as its meaning. सिद्दीक़ represents that word in Devanagari, including a marked final consonant. The English spelling simplifies the vowel notation of the scholarly transliteration. The adjective describes the vocabulary of the source language and does not evaluate a particular person’s honesty.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense
Literal dictionary sense
siddīq: Truthful.
Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense
Native-script forms
The same word as a given name
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense
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