ہلاکت

Urdu

Etymology

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Proto-Semitic *halak-

Arabic هَلَكَ (halaka)

Arabic هَلَاك (halāk)bor.

Classical Persian (halāk)bor.

Urdu ہَلَاک (halāk)

Urdu ـت (-t)

Urdu ہَلاکَت (halākat)

From ہَلَاک (halāk) + ـت (-t).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.lɑː.kət̪/
Rhymes: -ət̪
Hyphenation: ہَ‧لَا‧کَت

Noun

ہَلَاکَت • (halākat) f (Hindi spelling हलाकत)

death
Synonym: مَوت (maut)
destruction; extermination
(figuratively) fatigue

Declension

Declension of **ہلاکت**
	singular	plural
direct	ہَلَاکَت (halākat)	ہَلَاکَتیں (halākatẽ)
oblique	ہَلَاکَت (halākat)	ہَلَاکَتوں (halākatõ)
vocative	ہَلَاکَت (halākat)	ہَلَاکَتو (halākato)

Further reading

“ہلاکت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“ہلاکت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ہلاک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 675
Platts, John T. (1884), “هلاکت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1231