See also: حلقه and حلقة

Arabic edit

Root
خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q)

Etymology edit

Compare خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, to create), خَلُقَ (ḵaluqa, to be suitable).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

خِلْقَة (ḵilqaf (plural خِلَق (ḵilaq))

  1. creation
  2. innate nature

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: xilqət
  • Ottoman Turkish: خلقت (hilkat)
  • Persian: خلقت

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خلق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN