فلك

See also: فلک‎

Arabic

Belonging to the root ف ل ك‎ (f-l-k).

فَلَك • (falak) m (plural أَفْلَاك‎ (ʔaflāk))

orbit, rounded course
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:33:
  ‏وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱللَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ‎
  wahuwa llaḏī ḵalaqa l-layla wan-nahāra waš-šamsa wal-qamara kullun fī falakin yasbaḥūna
  And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
sphere
sky
orb
Ellipsis of عِلْم الْفَلَك‎ (ʕilm al-falak, “astronomy”).
falak, ouroboros

Declension of noun فَلَك (falak)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَك falak	الْفَلَك‎ al-falak	فَلَك falak
Nominative	فَلَكٌ falakun	الْفَلَكُ‎ al-falaku	فَلَكُ falaku
Accusative	فَلَكًا‎ falakan	الْفَلَكَ‎ al-falaka	فَلَكَ falaka
Genitive	فَلَكٍ falakin	الْفَلَكِ‎ al-falaki	فَلَكِ falaki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَكَيْن‎ falakayn	الْفَلَكَيْن‎ al-falakayn	فَلَكَيْ‎ falakay
Nominative	فَلَكَانِ‎ falakāni	الْفَلَكَانِ‎ al-falakāni	فَلَكَا‎ falakā
Accusative	فَلَكَيْنِ‎ falakayni	الْفَلَكَيْنِ‎ al-falakayni	فَلَكَيْ‎ falakay
Genitive	فَلَكَيْنِ‎ falakayni	الْفَلَكَيْنِ‎ al-falakayni	فَلَكَيْ‎ falakay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْلَاك‎ ʔaflāk	الْأَفْلَاك‎ al-ʔaflāk	أَفْلَاك‎ ʔaflāk
Nominative	أَفْلَاكٌ‎ ʔaflākun	الْأَفْلَاكُ‎ al-ʔaflāku	أَفْلَاكُ‎ ʔaflāku
Accusative	أَفْلَاكًا‎ ʔaflākan	الْأَفْلَاكَ‎ al-ʔaflāka	أَفْلَاكَ‎ ʔaflāka
Genitive	أَفْلَاكٍ‎ ʔaflākin	الْأَفْلَاكِ‎ al-ʔaflāki	أَفْلَاكِ‎ ʔaflāki

→ Amharic: ፈለክ (fäläk)
→ Ge'ez: ፈለክ (fäläk)
→ Malay: falak
- Indonesian: falak
→ Persian: فلک‎ (falak)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: फ़लक (falak)
  
  Urdu: فلک‎ (falak)
→ Swahili: falaki
→ Turkish: felek
→ Uzbek: falak

Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 159

Belonging to the root ف ل ك‎ (f-l-k). Perhaps, however, unrelated to etymology 1 and instead from Ancient Greek ἐφόλκιον (ephólkion).

فُلْك • (fulk) m or f (plural فُلْك (fulk))

Declension of noun فُلْك (fulk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُلْك fulk	الْفُلْك‎ al-fulk	فُلْك fulk
Nominative	فُلْكٌ fulkun	الْفُلْكُ‎ al-fulku	فُلْكُ fulku
Accusative	فُلْكًا‎ fulkan	الْفُلْكَ‎ al-fulka	فُلْكَ fulka
Genitive	فُلْكٍ fulkin	الْفُلْكِ‎ al-fulki	فُلْكِ fulki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُلْكَيْن‎ fulkayn	الْفُلْكَيْن‎ al-fulkayn	فُلْكَيْ‎ fulkay
Nominative	فُلْكَانِ‎ fulkāni	الْفُلْكَانِ‎ al-fulkāni	فُلْكَا‎ fulkā
Accusative	فُلْكَيْنِ‎ fulkayni	الْفُلْكَيْنِ‎ al-fulkayni	فُلْكَيْ‎ fulkay
Genitive	فُلْكَيْنِ‎ fulkayni	الْفُلْكَيْنِ‎ al-fulkayni	فُلْكَيْ‎ fulkay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُلْك fulk	الْفُلْك‎ al-fulk	فُلْك fulk
Nominative	فُلْكٌ fulkun	الْفُلْكُ‎ al-fulku	فُلْكُ fulku
Accusative	فُلْكًا‎ fulkan	الْفُلْكَ‎ al-fulka	فُلْكَ fulka
Genitive	فُلْكٍ fulkin	الْفُلْكِ‎ al-fulki	فُلْكِ fulki

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 212
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 229-230
Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 300

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