Tasdiq
/tæsˈdiːk/noun
A formal confirmation, authentication, or declaration that something is true, especially in Islamic or Arabic contexts.
Did you know?Tasdiq belongs to the same Arabic root as *ṣidq*, “truthfulness,” and *ṣādiq*, “truthful”—the source of the name Sadiq.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ṣdq
“A reconstructed root associated with truth, rightness, or uprightness”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ṣ-d-q
“The consonantal root connected with truthfulness, sincerity, and confirming something as true”
8th–10th Century
Classical Arabic
taṣdīq
“Confirmation, verification, or treating a person or statement as truthful”
Medieval Islamic usage
Arabic
taṣdīq
“Affirmation of truth or formal attestation, including recognition of religious truth”
20th–21st Century
English
tasdiq
“A specialized loanword used for confirmation, authentication, or attestation in Islamic, Arabic, and South Asian contexts”