See also: حلقه and حلقة

Arabic

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Root
خ ل ق (ḵ l q)
11 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خِلْقَة (ḵilqaf (plural خِلَق (ḵilaq))

  1. creation
  2. innate nature

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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