ख़िल्क़त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلقت (xilqat), from Arabic خِلْقَة (ḵilqa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɪl.qət̪/, [xɪl.qɐt̪], /kʰɪl.kət̪/, [kʰɪl.kɐt̪]
• (hi-PB, Delhi Urdu) IPA^(key): /xəl.qət̪/, [xəl.kət̪]

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Noun

ख़िल्क़त • (xilqat) m (Urdu spelling خِلْقَت)

1. creation (ie. creature; people; world)
2. nature, behaviour

Further reading

• “ख़िल्क़त”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ख़िल्क़त”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ख़िल्क़त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.