خلقة

See also: حلقه and حلقة

Arabic

Root
خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xil.qa/

Noun

خِلْقَة • (ḵilqa) f (plural خِلَق (ḵilaq))

  1. creation
  2. innate nature

Declension

Descendants

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

References

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