خالق

See also: خالف

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, to create), from the root خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q).

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 quote)
  2. inventor, maker, author

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَالِق (ḵāliq).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xɔˈliq/

Noun

خالق (xâleq)

  1. creator, an epithet for God

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 (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • خالق”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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