taluk

English

Alternative forms

• talook, talooka, taluka, taluq, taluqa, thaluk

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa)der.

Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq)bor.

Classical Persian تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)bor.

Urdu تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)bor.

English taluk

Borrowed from Urdu تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), borrowed from Classical Persian تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), borrowed from Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq), from تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa).

Noun

taluk (plural taluks)

1. A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district.

   Synonym: tahsil

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 46:

     Suvarnapur, Ratnanagari, a few other native states, and seven or eight taluks were under his jurisdiction.

Further reading

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “talook”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 894.

Anagrams

• taklu, tulka

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /taluk/ [t̪aˈluk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: ta‧luk

Noun

taluk (Sulat Sūg spelling تَلُكْ)

1. purple; violet (color)

Adjective

taluk (Sulat Sūg spelling تَلُكْ)

1. purple; violet (color)