مخلوق

Arabic

Root
خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /max.luːq/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /max.luːɡ/

Participle

مَخْلُوق • (maḵlūq) (feminine مَخْلُوقَة (maḵlūqa), masculine plural مَخْلُوقُونَ (maḵlūqūna), feminine plural مَخْلُوقَات (maḵlūqāt))

1. passive participle of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa)

Declension

Declension of adjective مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْلُوق maḵlūq	الْمَخْلُوق al-maḵlūq	مَخْلُوق maḵlūq	مَخْلُوقَة maḵlūqa	الْمَخْلُوقَة al-maḵlūqa	مَخْلُوقَة maḵlūqat
Nominative	مَخْلُوقٌ maḵlūqun	الْمَخْلُوقُ al-maḵlūqu	مَخْلُوقُ maḵlūqu	مَخْلُوقَةٌ maḵlūqatun	الْمَخْلُوقَةُ al-maḵlūqatu	مَخْلُوقَةُ maḵlūqatu
Accusative	مَخْلُوقًا maḵlūqan	الْمَخْلُوقَ al-maḵlūqa	مَخْلُوقَ maḵlūqa	مَخْلُوقَةً maḵlūqatan	الْمَخْلُوقَةَ al-maḵlūqata	مَخْلُوقَةَ maḵlūqata
Genitive	مَخْلُوقٍ maḵlūqin	الْمَخْلُوقِ al-maḵlūqi	مَخْلُوقِ maḵlūqi	مَخْلُوقَةٍ maḵlūqatin	الْمَخْلُوقَةِ al-maḵlūqati	مَخْلُوقَةِ maḵlūqati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْلُوقَيْن maḵlūqayn	الْمَخْلُوقَيْن al-maḵlūqayn	مَخْلُوقَيْ maḵlūqay	مَخْلُوقَتَيْن maḵlūqatayn	الْمَخْلُوقَتَيْن al-maḵlūqatayn	مَخْلُوقَتَيْ maḵlūqatay
Nominative	مَخْلُوقَانِ maḵlūqāni	الْمَخْلُوقَانِ al-maḵlūqāni	مَخْلُوقَا maḵlūqā	مَخْلُوقَتَانِ maḵlūqatāni	الْمَخْلُوقَتَانِ al-maḵlūqatāni	مَخْلُوقَتَا maḵlūqatā
Accusative	مَخْلُوقَيْنِ maḵlūqayni	الْمَخْلُوقَيْنِ al-maḵlūqayni	مَخْلُوقَيْ maḵlūqay	مَخْلُوقَتَيْنِ maḵlūqatayni	الْمَخْلُوقَتَيْنِ al-maḵlūqatayni	مَخْلُوقَتَيْ maḵlūqatay
Genitive	مَخْلُوقَيْنِ maḵlūqayni	الْمَخْلُوقَيْنِ al-maḵlūqayni	مَخْلُوقَيْ maḵlūqay	مَخْلُوقَتَيْنِ maḵlūqatayni	الْمَخْلُوقَتَيْنِ al-maḵlūqatayni	مَخْلُوقَتَيْ maḵlūqatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْلُوقِين maḵlūqīn	الْمَخْلُوقِين al-maḵlūqīn	مَخْلُوقِي maḵlūqī	مَخْلُوقَات maḵlūqāt	الْمَخْلُوقَات al-maḵlūqāt	مَخْلُوقَات maḵlūqāt
Nominative	مَخْلُوقُونَ maḵlūqūna	الْمَخْلُوقُونَ al-maḵlūqūna	مَخْلُوقُو maḵlūqū	مَخْلُوقَاتٌ maḵlūqātun	الْمَخْلُوقَاتُ al-maḵlūqātu	مَخْلُوقَاتُ maḵlūqātu
Accusative	مَخْلُوقِينَ maḵlūqīna	الْمَخْلُوقِينَ al-maḵlūqīna	مَخْلُوقِي maḵlūqī	مَخْلُوقَاتٍ maḵlūqātin	الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ al-maḵlūqāti	مَخْلُوقَاتِ maḵlūqāti
Genitive	مَخْلُوقِينَ maḵlūqīna	الْمَخْلُوقِينَ al-maḵlūqīna	مَخْلُوقِي maḵlūqī	مَخْلُوقَاتٍ maḵlūqātin	الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ al-maḵlūqāti	مَخْلُوقَاتِ maḵlūqāti

Noun

مَخْلُوق • (maḵlūq) m (plural مَخْلُوقَات (maḵlūqāt))

1. creature

Declension

Declension of noun مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْلُوق maḵlūq	الْمَخْلُوق al-maḵlūq	مَخْلُوق maḵlūq
Nominative	مَخْلُوقٌ maḵlūqun	الْمَخْلُوقُ al-maḵlūqu	مَخْلُوقُ maḵlūqu
Accusative	مَخْلُوقًا maḵlūqan	الْمَخْلُوقَ al-maḵlūqa	مَخْلُوقَ maḵlūqa
Genitive	مَخْلُوقٍ maḵlūqin	الْمَخْلُوقِ al-maḵlūqi	مَخْلُوقِ maḵlūqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْلُوقَيْن maḵlūqayn	الْمَخْلُوقَيْن al-maḵlūqayn	مَخْلُوقَيْ maḵlūqay
Nominative	مَخْلُوقَانِ maḵlūqāni	الْمَخْلُوقَانِ al-maḵlūqāni	مَخْلُوقَا maḵlūqā
Accusative	مَخْلُوقَيْنِ maḵlūqayni	الْمَخْلُوقَيْنِ al-maḵlūqayni	مَخْلُوقَيْ maḵlūqay
Genitive	مَخْلُوقَيْنِ maḵlūqayni	الْمَخْلُوقَيْنِ al-maḵlūqayni	مَخْلُوقَيْ maḵlūqay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْلُوقَات maḵlūqāt	الْمَخْلُوقَات al-maḵlūqāt	مَخْلُوقَات maḵlūqāt
Nominative	مَخْلُوقَاتٌ maḵlūqātun	الْمَخْلُوقَاتُ al-maḵlūqātu	مَخْلُوقَاتُ maḵlūqātu
Accusative	مَخْلُوقَاتٍ maḵlūqātin	الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ al-maḵlūqāti	مَخْلُوقَاتِ maḵlūqāti
Genitive	مَخْلُوقَاتٍ maḵlūqātin	الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ al-maḵlūqāti	مَخْلُوقَاتِ maḵlūqāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məxluq
• → Persian: مخلوق (maxluq)
• → Bengali: মখলুক (mokholuk)
• → Hindi: मख़्लूक़ (maxlūq)
• → Indonesian: makhluk
• → Kazakh: мақұлық (maqūlyq)
• → Kyrgyz: макулук (makuluk)
• → Malay: makhluk
• → Northern Kurdish: mexlûq
• → Ottoman Turkish: مخلوق (maḫluḳ)

  → Turkish: mahluk

• → Pashto: مخلوق (maxlúq)
• → Tajik: махлуқ (maxluq)
• → Tatar: мәхлүк (mäxlük)
• → Tausug: mahluk
• → Turkmen: mahluk
• → Uyghur: مەخلۇق (mexluq)
• → Urdu: مخلوق (maxlūq)
• → Uzbek: maxluq

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [max.ˈluːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.lúːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.lúːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäx.lúːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäx.lúq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæx.lúːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäχ.lúq]

Readings
Classical reading?	maxlūq
Dari reading?	maxlūq
Iranian reading?	maxluğ
Tajik reading?	maxluq

Noun

Dari	مخلوق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	махлуқ

مخلوق • (maxluq)

1. creature, creation (something created)
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 489”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     ای عنصر تو مخلوق از کیمیای عزت
     و ای دولت تو ایمن از وصمت تباهی

     ay unsur-i tu maxlūq az kīmīyā-yi izzat
     u ey dawlat-i tu ēman az wasmat-i tabāhī

     O you whose elements are a creation from the elixir of glory,
     O you whose good fortune is secure from the sin of devastation.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

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