ہلاکت

Urdu

Etymology

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Proto-Semitic *halak-

Arabic هَلَكَ (halaka)

Arabic هَلَاك (halāk)bor.

Classical Persian هَلَاک (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)

1. death

   Synonym: مَوت (maut)

2. destruction; extermination
3. (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, 2024.
• 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