مطلق

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Arabic

Root
ط ل ق (ṭ l q)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Root
ط ل ق (ṭ l q)
9 terms

Derived from the passive participle of طَلَّقَ (ṭallaqa, to divorce).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُطَلَّق (muṭallaq)

  1. passive participle of طَلَّقَ (ṭallaqa)
  2. divorced
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ط ل ق (ṭ l q)
9 terms

Derived from the passive participle of أَطْلَقَ (ʔaṭlaqa, to release).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُطْلَق (muṭlaq) (feminine مُطْلَقَة (muṭlaqa), masculine plural مُطْلَقُونَ (muṭlaqūna), feminine plural مُطْلَقَات (muṭlaqāt))

  1. absolute, utter, very, unlimited, unrestricted, unconditional
    Antonym: مُقَيَّدٌ (muqayyadun, restricted)
    الحَقِيقَة المُطْلَقَةal-ḥaqīqa(t) al-muṭlaqathe absolute truth
  2. downright
  3. sovereign
  4. liberated, free
  5. implicit
Declension
Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْلَق (muṭlaq).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mutlaq
Dari reading? mutlaq
Iranian reading? motlağ
Tajik reading? mutlaq

Adjective

Dari مطلق
Iranian Persian
Tajik мутлақ

مطلق (motlaq)

  1. absolute, unconditioned
    قدرت مطلقqodrat-e motlaqabsolute power
    حقیقت مطلقhaqiqat-e motlaqabsolute truth
    • 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “The tale of the nightingale”, in منطق‌الطیر [The Conference of the Birds]‎:
      من چنان در عشق گل مستغرقم
      کز وجود خویش محو مطلقم
      man čunān dar išq-i gul mustağraq-am
      k-az wujūd-i xwēš mahw-i mutlaq-am
      I am so drowned in love for the rose
      That I am absolutely erased from my own existence.
      (Classical romanization)

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