تعلق

See also: تغلف and تغلق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ل ق (ʕ l q)
10 terms

Verb

تَعَلَّقَ • (taʕallaqa) V (non-past يَتَعَلَّقُ (yataʕallaqu), verbal noun تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq))

1. to be suspended, to hang (بِ (bi) from)
2. to depend (بِ (bi) on)
3. to be attached (بِ (bi) to)
4. to be related (بِ (bi) to)

   إِذَا كَانَ لَدَيْكَ أَيُّ طَلَبَاتٍ أُخْرَى تَتَعَلَّقُ بِٱللُّغَةِ أَوْ أَيُّ اِسْتِفْسَارَاتٍ، فَلَا تَتَرَدَّدْ فِي طَرْحِهَا.

   ʔiḏā kāna ladayka ʔayyu ṭalabātin ʔuḵrā tataʕallaqu bi-l-luḡati ʔaw ʔayyu istifsārātin, falā tataraddad fī ṭarḥihā.

   If you have any other requests related to language or any questions, please feel free to ask.

5. to adhere firmly (بِ (bi) to)
6. to be devoted (بِ (bi) to)
7. to fall in love (بِ (bi) with)
8. to tie (an amulet, etc.) around one's neck
9. to do (something) superficially, to slur over
10. to put forth roots

Conjugation

Conjugation of تَعَلَّقَ (V, sound, full passive (?), verbal noun تَعَلُّق)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَعَلُّق taʕalluq
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَعَلِّق mutaʕalliq
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَعَلَّق mutaʕallaq
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَعَلَّقْتُ taʕallaqtu	تَعَلَّقْتَ taʕallaqta	تَعَلَّقَ taʕallaqa		تَعَلَّقْتُمَا taʕallaqtumā	تَعَلَّقَا taʕallaqā		تَعَلَّقْنَا taʕallaqnā	تَعَلَّقْتُمْ taʕallaqtum	تَعَلَّقُوا taʕallaqū
	f		تَعَلَّقْتِ taʕallaqti	تَعَلَّقَتْ taʕallaqat			تَعَلَّقَتَا taʕallaqatā			تَعَلَّقْتُنَّ taʕallaqtunna	تَعَلَّقْنَ taʕallaqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَعَلَّقُ ʔataʕallaqu	تَتَعَلَّقُ tataʕallaqu	يَتَعَلَّقُ yataʕallaqu		تَتَعَلَّقَانِ tataʕallaqāni	يَتَعَلَّقَانِ yataʕallaqāni		نَتَعَلَّقُ nataʕallaqu	تَتَعَلَّقُونَ tataʕallaqūna	يَتَعَلَّقُونَ yataʕallaqūna
	f		تَتَعَلَّقِينَ tataʕallaqīna	تَتَعَلَّقُ tataʕallaqu			تَتَعَلَّقَانِ tataʕallaqāni			تَتَعَلَّقْنَ tataʕallaqna	يَتَعَلَّقْنَ yataʕallaqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَعَلَّقَ ʔataʕallaqa	تَتَعَلَّقَ tataʕallaqa	يَتَعَلَّقَ yataʕallaqa		تَتَعَلَّقَا tataʕallaqā	يَتَعَلَّقَا yataʕallaqā		نَتَعَلَّقَ nataʕallaqa	تَتَعَلَّقُوا tataʕallaqū	يَتَعَلَّقُوا yataʕallaqū
	f		تَتَعَلَّقِي tataʕallaqī	تَتَعَلَّقَ tataʕallaqa			تَتَعَلَّقَا tataʕallaqā			تَتَعَلَّقْنَ tataʕallaqna	يَتَعَلَّقْنَ yataʕallaqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَعَلَّقْ ʔataʕallaq	تَتَعَلَّقْ tataʕallaq	يَتَعَلَّقْ yataʕallaq		تَتَعَلَّقَا tataʕallaqā	يَتَعَلَّقَا yataʕallaqā		نَتَعَلَّقْ nataʕallaq	تَتَعَلَّقُوا tataʕallaqū	يَتَعَلَّقُوا yataʕallaqū
	f		تَتَعَلَّقِي tataʕallaqī	تَتَعَلَّقْ tataʕallaq			تَتَعَلَّقَا tataʕallaqā			تَتَعَلَّقْنَ tataʕallaqna	يَتَعَلَّقْنَ yataʕallaqna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَعَلَّقْ taʕallaq			تَعَلَّقَا taʕallaqā				تَعَلَّقُوا taʕallaqū
	f		تَعَلَّقِي taʕallaqī							تَعَلَّقْنَ taʕallaqna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تُعُلِّقْتُ tuʕulliqtu	تُعُلِّقْتَ tuʕulliqta	تُعُلِّقَ tuʕulliqa		تُعُلِّقْتُمَا tuʕulliqtumā	تُعُلِّقَا tuʕulliqā		تُعُلِّقْنَا tuʕulliqnā	تُعُلِّقْتُمْ tuʕulliqtum	تُعُلِّقُوا tuʕulliqū
	f		تُعُلِّقْتِ tuʕulliqti	تُعُلِّقَتْ tuʕulliqat			تُعُلِّقَتَا tuʕulliqatā			تُعُلِّقْتُنَّ tuʕulliqtunna	تُعُلِّقْنَ tuʕulliqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُتَعَلَّقُ ʔutaʕallaqu	تُتَعَلَّقُ tutaʕallaqu	يُتَعَلَّقُ yutaʕallaqu		تُتَعَلَّقَانِ tutaʕallaqāni	يُتَعَلَّقَانِ yutaʕallaqāni		نُتَعَلَّقُ nutaʕallaqu	تُتَعَلَّقُونَ tutaʕallaqūna	يُتَعَلَّقُونَ yutaʕallaqūna
	f		تُتَعَلَّقِينَ tutaʕallaqīna	تُتَعَلَّقُ tutaʕallaqu			تُتَعَلَّقَانِ tutaʕallaqāni			تُتَعَلَّقْنَ tutaʕallaqna	يُتَعَلَّقْنَ yutaʕallaqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُتَعَلَّقَ ʔutaʕallaqa	تُتَعَلَّقَ tutaʕallaqa	يُتَعَلَّقَ yutaʕallaqa		تُتَعَلَّقَا tutaʕallaqā	يُتَعَلَّقَا yutaʕallaqā		نُتَعَلَّقَ nutaʕallaqa	تُتَعَلَّقُوا tutaʕallaqū	يُتَعَلَّقُوا yutaʕallaqū
	f		تُتَعَلَّقِي tutaʕallaqī	تُتَعَلَّقَ tutaʕallaqa			تُتَعَلَّقَا tutaʕallaqā			تُتَعَلَّقْنَ tutaʕallaqna	يُتَعَلَّقْنَ yutaʕallaqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُتَعَلَّقْ ʔutaʕallaq	تُتَعَلَّقْ tutaʕallaq	يُتَعَلَّقْ yutaʕallaq		تُتَعَلَّقَا tutaʕallaqā	يُتَعَلَّقَا yutaʕallaqā		نُتَعَلَّقْ nutaʕallaq	تُتَعَلَّقُوا tutaʕallaqū	يُتَعَلَّقُوا yutaʕallaqū
	f		تُتَعَلَّقِي tutaʕallaqī	تُتَعَلَّقْ tutaʕallaq			تُتَعَلَّقَا tutaʕallaqā			تُتَعَلَّقْنَ tutaʕallaqna	يُتَعَلَّقْنَ yutaʕallaqna

References

• Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “تعلق”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “علق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Noun

تَعَلُّق • (taʕalluq) m

1. verbal noun of تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa) (form V)

Declension

Declension of noun تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَعَلُّق taʕalluq	التَّعَلُّق at-taʕalluq	تَعَلُّق taʕalluq
nominative	تَعَلُّقٌ taʕalluqun	التَّعَلُّقُ at-taʕalluqu	تَعَلُّقُ taʕalluqu
accusative	تَعَلُّقًا taʕalluqan	التَّعَلُّقَ at-taʕalluqa	تَعَلُّقَ taʕalluqa
genitive	تَعَلُّقٍ taʕalluqin	التَّعَلُّقِ at-taʕalluqi	تَعَلُّقِ taʕalluqi

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)
  • → Bengali: তালুক (taluk)
  • → Gujarati: તાલુકો (tāluko)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ताल्लुक़ (tālluq)

    Urdu: تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਤੱਲਕ (tallak)

    Shahmukhi script: تَعلَّق (tallaq)

• → Malay: takluk
  • Indonesian: takluk
• → Uyghur: تەئەللۇق (te'elluq)

Etymology 3

Verb

تعلق (form I)

1. تَعْلَقُ (taʕlaqu) /taʕ.la.qu/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُعْلَقُ (tuʕlaqu) /tuʕ.la.qu/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa) and عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تَعْلَقَ (taʕlaqa) /taʕ.la.qa/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُعْلَقَ (tuʕlaqa) /tuʕ.la.qa/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa) and عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تَعْلَقْ (taʕlaq) /taʕ.laq/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُعْلَقْ (tuʕlaq) /tuʕ.laq/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa) and عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive
7. تَعْلُقُ (taʕluqu) /taʕ.lu.qu/: inflection of عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
8. تَعْلُقَ (taʕluqa) /taʕ.lu.qa/: inflection of عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
9. تَعْلُقْ (taʕluq) /taʕ.luq/: inflection of عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive

Etymology 4

Verb

تعلق (form II)

1. تُعَلِّقُ (tuʕalliqu) /tu.ʕal.li.qu/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُعَلَّقُ (tuʕallaqu) /tu.ʕal.la.qu/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تُعَلِّقَ (tuʕalliqa) /tu.ʕal.li.qa/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُعَلَّقَ (tuʕallaqa) /tu.ʕal.la.qa/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تُعَلِّقْ (tuʕalliq) /tu.ʕal.liq/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُعَلَّقْ (tuʕallaq) /tu.ʕal.laq/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.ʔal.ˈluq/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ʔäl.lʊ́q]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ʔäl.lʊ́q]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːäl.lʊ́q]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔːäl.lúq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ʔæl.lóɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ʔäl.lúq]

Readings
Classical reading?	ta'alluq
Dari reading?	ta'alluq
Iranian reading?	ta'alloġ
Tajik reading?	ta'alluq

Noun

تعلق • (ta'alloq)

1. belonging, attachment, dependence, connection
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2661:

     کاین تعلق چیست با این خاکمان / چون سرشت ما بده ست از آسمان

     k-īn ta'alluq čīst bā īn xākimān / čūn sirist-i mā buda-st az āsmān

     Marvelling what connexion we had with this dust, inasmuch as our nature is of heaven.

2. concern
3. possession, property
4. manor, sub-district

Descendants

• → Bengali: তালুক (taluk)
• → Gujarati: તાલુકો (tāluko)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ताल्लुक़ (tālluq)

  Urdu: تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤੱਲਕ (tallak)

  Shahmukhi script: تَعلَّق (tallaq)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “تعلق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل ق
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʕal.laʔ/, [ɪtˈʕal.laʔ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

تعلّق • (tʕallaʔ) V (present بتعلّق (bitʕallaʔ))

1. to hold on, to latch on, to cling to
2. to depend [with على (ʕala) ‘on someone or something’]

   Synonym: توقّف (twaʔʔaf)

Conjugation

Conjugation of تعلق

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	تعلّقت (tʕallaʔt)	تعلّقت (tʕallaʔt)	تعلّق (tʕallaʔ)		تعلّقنا (tʕallaʔna)	تعلّقتو (tʕallaʔtu)	تعلّقو (tʕallaʔu)
	f		تعلّقتي (tʕallaʔti)	تعلّقت (tʕallaʔat)
present	m	بتعلّق (batʕallaʔ)	بتتعلّق (btitʕallaʔ)	بتعلّق (bitʕallaʔ)		منتعلّق (mnitʕallaʔ)	بتتعلّقو (btitʕallaʔu)	بتعلّقو (bitʕallaʔu)
	f		بتتعلّقي (btitʕallaʔi)	بتتعلّق (btitʕallaʔ)
subjunctive	m	اتعلّق (atʕallaʔ)	تتعلّق (titʕallaʔ)	يتعلّق (yitʕallaʔ)		نتعلّق (nitʕallaʔ)	تتعلّقو (titʕallaʔu)	يتعلّقو (yitʕallaʔu)
	f		تتعلّقي (titʕallaʔi)	تتعلّق (titʕallaʔ)
imperative	m		تعلّق (tʕallaʔ)				تعلّقو (tʕallaʔu)
	f		تعلّقي (tʕallaʔi)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa)der.

Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq)bor.

Classical Persian تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)bor.

Urdu تَعَلُّق

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), borrowed from Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq), from تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi تعلق (t'lq /⁠ta'alluq⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ʔəl.lʊq/, [t̪ɑːl.lʊq]
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əl.ləq/, [t̪əl.lək]
• Rhymes: -ʊq
• Hyphenation: تَعَ‧لُّق

Noun

تَعَلُّق • (ta'alluq) m (formal plural تَعَلُّقات (ta'alluqāt), Hindi spelling ताल्लुक़)

1. relation, connection
2. relationship
3. acquaintance, association (often illicit relationships)

Declension

Declension of تعلق

	singular	plural
direct	تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)	تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)
oblique	تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)	تَعَلُّقوں (ta'alluqõ)
vocative	تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)	تَعَلُّقو (ta'alluqo)

Further reading

• “تعلق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “تعلق”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]