mahluk

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • mahlûk

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مخلوق (maḫluḳ, “created, a creature”),[1][2] from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq, “creature”), passive participle of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, “to create, to make, to shape”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mahˈluk/, (definite accusative) /mahˈluːku/
  • Hyphenation: mah‧luk

Noun

mahluk (definite accusative mahluku, plural mahluklar or (dated) mahlukat)

  1. (dated) A creature, any created thing, especially living.
    Synonyms: yaratık, canlı

Declension

Declension of mahluk
singular plural
nominative mahluk mahluklar
definite accusative mahluku mahlukları
dative mahluka mahluklara
locative mahlukta mahluklarda
ablative mahluktan mahluklardan
genitive mahlukun mahlukların
Predicative forms
singular plural
1st singular mahlukum mahluklarım
2nd singular mahluksun mahluklarsın
3rd singular mahluk
mahluktur 		mahluklar
mahluklardır
1st plural mahlukuz mahluklarız
2nd plural mahluksunuz mahluklarsınız
3rd plural mahluklar mahluklardır

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخلوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1780
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قائم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1137
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahluk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq). Cognates with Turkish mahluk.

Noun

mahluk (definite accusative mahlugy, plural mahluklar)

  1. creature, being

Declension

Declension of mahluk
singular plural
nominative mahluk mahluklar
accusative mahlugy mahluklary
genitive mahlugyň mahluklaryň
dative mahluga mahluklara
locative mahlukda mahluklarda
ablative mahlukdan mahluklardan
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