مخلوق

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Arabic

Root
خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q)

Pronunciation

Participle

مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq) (feminine مَخْلُوقَة (maḵlūqa), masculine plural مَخْلُوقُونَ (maḵlūqūna), feminine plural مَخْلُوقَات (maḵlūqāt))

  1. passive participle of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa)

Declension

Noun

مَخْلُوق (maḵlūqm (plural مَخْلُوقَات (maḵlūqāt))

  1. creature

Declension

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? maxlūq
Dari reading? maxlūq
Iranian reading? maxluğ
Tajik reading? maxluq

Noun

Dari مخلوق
Iranian Persian
Tajik махлуқ

مخلوق (maxluq)

  1. creature, creation (something created)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 489”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎:
      ای عنصر تو مخلوق از کیمیای عزت
      و ای دولت تو ایمن از وصمت تباهی
      ay unsur-i tu maxlūq az kīmīyā-yi izzat
      u ey dawlat-i tu ēman az wasmat-i tabāhī
      O you whose elements are a creation from the elixir of glory,
      O you whose good fortune is secure from the sin of devastation.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

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