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خلق

خلق

See also: خلف, حلق, جلق, and خ ل ق

Arabic

Verb

خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa) I, non-past يَخْلُقُ‎ (yaḵluqu)

  1. to create, to make
  2. to shape, to form
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q).

Verb

خَلُقَ (ḵaluqa) I, non-past يَخْلُقُ‎ (yaḵluqu)
خَلِقَ (ḵaliqa) I, non-past يَخْلَقُ‎ (yaḵlaqu)
خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa) I, non-past يَخْلُقُ‎ (yaḵluqu)

  1. to be old and worn out (of a garment)
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

From the root خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q).

Verb

خَلُقَ (ḵaluqa) I, non-past يَخْلُقُ‎ (yaḵluqu)

  1. to be suitable, be fit
Conjugation

Etymology 4

From the root خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q)?

Verb

خَلَّقَ (ḵallaqa) II, non-past يُخَلِّقُ‎ (yuḵalliqu)

  1. to perfume
Conjugation

Etymology 5

From the root خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q).

Noun

خَلْق (ḵalq) m

  1. verbal noun of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa) (form I)
  2. creation
  3. creature
  4. people
Declension
Descendants
  • Azeri: xalq
  • Middle Armenian: խալխ (xalx)
  • Bashkir: халыҡ (xalïq)
  • Crimean Tatar: halq
  • Georgian: ხალხი (xalxi)
  • Khakas: халых (xalıx)
  • Kazakh: халық (xalıq)
  • Kyrgyz: калк (kalk)
  • Nogai: халк (xalk)
  • Persian: خلق (xalq)
  • Shor: қалық
  • Southern Altai: калык (kalık)
  • Tatar: халык (xalıq)
  • Turkish: halk

Etymology 6

From the root خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q).

Noun

خَلَق (ḵalaq) m, f (plural خُلْقَان (ḵulqān) or أَخْلَاق (ʾaḵlāq))

  1. verbal noun of خَلِقَ (ḵaliqa) (form I)
  2. rags
  3. old age
  4. men, people
Declension
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Adjective

خَلَق (ḵalaq) (feminine خَلَق (ḵalaq), common plural خُلْقَان (ḵulqān) or أَخْلَاق (ʾaḵlāq))

  1. worn, threadbare
Declension
References

Etymology 7

Noun

خُلْق or خُلُق (ḵulq or ḵuluq) m (plural أَخْلَاق (ʾaḵlāq))

  1. natural disposition, character, nature
  2. inborn quality
  3. manners
  4. (plural) character
  5. (plural) morals
  6. (plural) morality
  7. ("modern") anger, irritation
  8. ("modern") bravery
  9. ("modern") religion
  10. ("modern") humanity
  11. ("modern") refinement
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خلق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خلق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 8

Noun

خِلَق (ḵilaq) f pl

  1. plural of خِلْقَة (ḵilqa)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic

Noun

خلق (xalq)

  1. creation
  2. (archaic) people