talaq
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Etymology edit
Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq, “divorce”), from the root ط ل ق (ṭ-l-q).
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talaq (countable and uncountable, plural talaqs)
- (Islam) An Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an.
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talaq (third-person singular simple present talaqs, present participle talaqing, simple past and past participle talaqed)
- (Islam) To divorce somebody by these means.
- 1987, Srikanta Ghosh, Muslim Politics in India, page 46:
- Muslim women can be talaqed instantly, and thrown into the streets by whimsical husbands.
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- Talaq normally refers to an Islamic divorce initiated by the husband. Khula is the term used when it is initiated by the wife.
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).
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talaq m (plural talaq)
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From Proto-Turkic *d(i)ālak (“spleen”). Cognate with Bashkir талаҡ (talaq).
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talaq