خالق

See also: خالف

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q)

Derived from the active participle of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, to create).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaː.liq/

Adjective

خَالِق • (ḵāliq) (feminine خَالِقَة (ḵāliqa), masculine plural خَالِقُون (ḵāliqūn), feminine plural خَالِقَات (ḵāliqāt))

  1. creative

Declension

Noun

خَالِق • (ḵāliq) m (plural خَالِقُون (ḵāliqūn), feminine خَالِقَة (ḵāliqa))

  1. Creator, Maker (God)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 59:24:
      هُوَ ٱللّٰهُ ٱلْخَالِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ
      huwa llāhu l-ḵāliqu l-bāriʔu l-muṣawwiru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. inventor, maker, author

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَالِق (ḵāliq).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xɑː.lɪ́q]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xɑː.lɪ́q]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xɔː.líq]

Readings
Classical reading? xāliq
Dari reading? xāliq
Iranian reading? xâleğ
Tajik reading? xoliq

Noun

Dari خالق
Iranian Persian
Tajik холиқ

خالِق • (xâleq)

  1. creator, an epithet for God

Descendants

  • Gujarati: ખાલિક (khālik)

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic خَالِق (ḵāliq).

Pronunciation

Noun

خالِق • (xāliq) m (Hindi spelling ख़ालिक़)

  1. creator, an epithet for God
    مخلوق میں خالق کا نظر آیا جس کو اس دیکھنے والے نے خدا کو دیکھا
    maxlūq mẽ xāliq kā nazar āyā jis ko us dekhne vāle ne xudā ko dekhā
    Who has seen the creator in the creation, that observer has seen God

Declension

Declension of خالق
singular plural
direct خالق (xāliq) خالق (xāliq)
oblique خالق (xāliq) خالقوں (xāliqō̃)
vocative خالق (xāliq) خالقو (xāliqō)

References

  • خالق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • خالق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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