ख़लक़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلق (xalq), from Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xəlq/, [xɐlq], /kʰəlk/, [kʰɐlk]

Noun

ख़लक़ • (xalq) m (Urdu spelling خلق)

1. mankind, humanity
2. (religion) creation, world

   Synonyms: सृष्टि (sŕṣṭi), सृजन (sŕjan)

Declension

Declension of ख़लक़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़लक़ xalq	ख़लक़ xalq
oblique	ख़लक़ xalq	ख़लक़ों xalqõ
vocative	ख़लक़ xalq	ख़लक़ो xalqo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़लक़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press