mahluk

Turkish

Alternative forms

• mahlûk

Etymology

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

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

Inflection
Nominative	mahluk
Definite accusative	mahluku
	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

Related terms

• ahlak
• halayık
• halik
• halk
• halk etmek
• hilkat
• hulk

 

Further reading

• “mahluk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahluk¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3017