ہلاک

Urdu

Etymology

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    Proto-Semitic *halak-
    Arabic هَلَكَ (halaka)
    Arabic هَلَاك (halāk)bor.
    Classical Persian هَلَاک (halāk)bor.
    Urdu ہَلاک (halāk)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian هَلَاک (halāk), borrowed from Arabic هَلَاك (halāk), from هَلَكَ (halaka), from Proto-Semitic *halak-. First attested in c. 1421 as Middle Hindi ہلاک (hlak /⁠halāk⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦə.lɑːk/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːk
    • Hyphenation: ہَ‧لاک

    Noun

    ہَلاک • (halāk) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling हलाक)

    1. killed
    2. perished; withered
    3. (figuratively) desired; wishing; dying
    4. (figuratively) wiped; destroyed; ruined

    Noun

    ہَلاک • (halāk) m (Hindi spelling हलाक)

    1. a killer[2]
    2. destruction; ruin[3]

    Declension

    Declension of ہلاک
    singular plural
    direct ہَلاک (halāk) ہَلاک (halāk)
    oblique ہَلاک (halāk) ہَلاکوں (halākõ)
    vocative ہَلاک (halāk) ہَلاکو (halāko)

    References

    1. ^ “ہلاک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ “ہلاک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    3. ^ The template Template:R:ur:Shakespear does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Further reading

    More information
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ہلاک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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