mahluk

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Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مخلوق (maḫluḳ, created, a creature),[1][2] from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq, creature), passive participle of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, to create, to make, to shape).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mahˈluk/, (definite accusative) /mahˈluːku/
  • Hyphenation: mah‧luk

Noun

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mahluk (definite accusative mahluku, plural mahluklar or (dated) mahlukat)

  1. (dated) A creature, any created thing, especially living.
    Synonyms: yaratık, canlı

Declension

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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
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخلوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1780
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قائم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1137
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahluk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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Turkmen

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq). Cognates with Turkish mahluk.

Noun

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mahluk (definite accusative mahlugy, plural mahluklar)

  1. creature, being

Declension

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