خالق

See also: خالف

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ ل ق (ḵ l q)
12 terms

Derived from the active participle of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, “to create”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː.liq/

Adjective

خَالِق • (ḵāliq) (feminine خَالِقَة (ḵāliqa), masculine plural خَالِقُون (ḵāliqūn), feminine plural خَالِقَات (ḵāliqāt))

1. creative

Declension

Declension of adjective خَالِق (ḵāliq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَالِق ḵāliq	الْخَالِق al-ḵāliq	خَالِقَة ḵāliqa	الْخَالِقَة al-ḵāliqa
Nominative	خَالِقٌ ḵāliqun	الْخَالِقُ al-ḵāliqu	خَالِقَةٌ ḵāliqatun	الْخَالِقَةُ al-ḵāliqatu
Accusative	خَالِقًا ḵāliqan	الْخَالِقَ al-ḵāliqa	خَالِقَةً ḵāliqatan	الْخَالِقَةَ al-ḵāliqata
Genitive	خَالِقٍ ḵāliqin	الْخَالِقِ al-ḵāliqi	خَالِقَةٍ ḵāliqatin	الْخَالِقَةِ al-ḵāliqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَالِقَيْن ḵāliqayn	الْخَالِقَيْن al-ḵāliqayn	خَالِقَتَيْن ḵāliqatayn	الْخَالِقَتَيْن al-ḵāliqatayn
Nominative	خَالِقَانِ ḵāliqāni	الْخَالِقَانِ al-ḵāliqāni	خَالِقَتَانِ ḵāliqatāni	الْخَالِقَتَانِ al-ḵāliqatāni
Accusative	خَالِقَيْنِ ḵāliqayni	الْخَالِقَيْنِ al-ḵāliqayni	خَالِقَتَيْنِ ḵāliqatayni	الْخَالِقَتَيْنِ al-ḵāliqatayni
Genitive	خَالِقَيْنِ ḵāliqayni	الْخَالِقَيْنِ al-ḵāliqayni	خَالِقَتَيْنِ ḵāliqatayni	الْخَالِقَتَيْنِ al-ḵāliqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَالِقِين ḵāliqīn	الْخَالِقِين al-ḵāliqīn	خَالِقَات ḵāliqāt	الْخَالِقَات al-ḵāliqāt
Nominative	خَالِقُونَ ḵāliqūna	الْخَالِقُونَ al-ḵāliqūna	خَالِقَاتٌ ḵāliqātun	الْخَالِقَاتُ al-ḵāliqātu
Accusative	خَالِقِينَ ḵāliqīna	الْخَالِقِينَ al-ḵāliqīna	خَالِقَاتٍ ḵāliqātin	الْخَالِقَاتِ al-ḵāliqāti
Genitive	خَالِقِينَ ḵāliqīna	الْخَالِقِينَ al-ḵāliqīna	خَالِقَاتٍ ḵāliqātin	الْخَالِقَاتِ al-ḵāliqāti

Noun

خَالِق • (ḵāliq) m (plural خَالِقُون (ḵāliqūn), feminine خَالِقَة (ḵāliqa))

1. Creator, Maker (God)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 59:24:

     هُوَ ٱللّٰهُ ٱلْخَالِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ

     huwa llāhu l-ḵāliqu l-bāriʔu l-muṣawwiru

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1968 June [1958], Frank Allen, “نشأة العالم - هل هو مصادفة أو قصد؟ [Origin of the World – By Chance or Design?]”, in الدمرداش عبد المجيد سرحان, transl., edited by John Clover Monsma, اَللّٰهُ يَتَجَلَّى فِي عَصْرِ الْعِلْم [allāhu yatajallā fī ʕaṣri l-ʕilm], Cairo, Egypt: مؤسسة الحلبي وشركاه للنشر والتوزيع, translation of The Evidence of God in an Expanding Universe, page 6:

     أَمَّا الشَّمْسُ الْمُسْتَعِرَة وَٱلنُّجُومُ الْمُتَوَهِّجَةُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ الْغَنِيَّةَ بِأَنْوَاعِ الْحَيَاةِ، فَكُلُّهَا دَلِيلٌ وَاضِحٌ عَلَى أَنَّ أَصْلَ الْكَوْنِ أَوْ أَسَاسَهُ يَرْتَبِطُ بِزَمَانٍ بَدَأَ مِنْ لَحْظَةٍ مُعَيَّنَةٍ، فَهُوَ إِذًا حَدَثٌ مِنَ الْأَحْدَاثِ. وَمَعْنَى ذٰلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ لِأَصْلِ الْكَوْنِ مِنْ خَالِقٍ أَزَلِيٍّ لَيْسَ لَهُ بِدَايَةٌ، عَلِيمٌ مُحِيطٌ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ، لَيْسَ لِقُدْرَتِهِ حُدُودٌ، وَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ هٰذَا الْكَوْنُ مِنْ صُنْعِ يَدَيْهِ.

     ʔammā š-šamsu l-mustaʕira(t) wan-nujūmu l-mutawahhijatu wal-ʔarḍu l-ḡaniyyata biʔanwāʕi l-ḥayāti, fakulluhā dalīlun wāḍiḥun ʕalā ʔanna ʔaṣla l-kawni ʔaw ʔasāsahu yartabiṭu bizamānin badaʔa min laḥẓatin muʕayyanatin, fahuwa ʔiḏan ḥadaṯun mina l-ʔaḥdāṯi. wamaʕnā ḏālika ʔannahu lā budda liʔaṣli l-kawni min ḵāliqin ʔazaliyyin laysa lahu bidāyatun, ʕalīmun muḥīṭun bikulli šayʔin, laysa liqudratihi ḥudūdun, walā budda ʔan yakūna hāḏā l-kawnu min ṣunʕi yadayhi.

     [original: The hot sun and stars, the earth with its wealth of life, are complete evidence that the origin of the universe has occurred in time, at a fixed point of time, and therefore the universe must have been created. A great First Cause, an eternal, all-knowing and all-powerful Creator must exist, and the universe if His handiwork.]

2. inventor, maker, author

Declension

Declension of noun خَالِق (ḵāliq)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَالِق ḵāliq	الْخَالِق al-ḵāliq	خَالِق ḵāliq	خَالِقَة ḵāliqa	الْخَالِقَة al-ḵāliqa	خَالِقَة ḵāliqat
Nominative	خَالِقٌ ḵāliqun	الْخَالِقُ al-ḵāliqu	خَالِقُ ḵāliqu	خَالِقَةٌ ḵāliqatun	الْخَالِقَةُ al-ḵāliqatu	خَالِقَةُ ḵāliqatu
Accusative	خَالِقًا ḵāliqan	الْخَالِقَ al-ḵāliqa	خَالِقَ ḵāliqa	خَالِقَةً ḵāliqatan	الْخَالِقَةَ al-ḵāliqata	خَالِقَةَ ḵāliqata
Genitive	خَالِقٍ ḵāliqin	الْخَالِقِ al-ḵāliqi	خَالِقِ ḵāliqi	خَالِقَةٍ ḵāliqatin	الْخَالِقَةِ al-ḵāliqati	خَالِقَةِ ḵāliqati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَالِقَيْن ḵāliqayn	الْخَالِقَيْن al-ḵāliqayn	خَالِقَيْ ḵāliqay	خَالِقَتَيْن ḵāliqatayn	الْخَالِقَتَيْن al-ḵāliqatayn	خَالِقَتَيْ ḵāliqatay
Nominative	خَالِقَانِ ḵāliqāni	الْخَالِقَانِ al-ḵāliqāni	خَالِقَا ḵāliqā	خَالِقَتَانِ ḵāliqatāni	الْخَالِقَتَانِ al-ḵāliqatāni	خَالِقَتَا ḵāliqatā
Accusative	خَالِقَيْنِ ḵāliqayni	الْخَالِقَيْنِ al-ḵāliqayni	خَالِقَيْ ḵāliqay	خَالِقَتَيْنِ ḵāliqatayni	الْخَالِقَتَيْنِ al-ḵāliqatayni	خَالِقَتَيْ ḵāliqatay
Genitive	خَالِقَيْنِ ḵāliqayni	الْخَالِقَيْنِ al-ḵāliqayni	خَالِقَيْ ḵāliqay	خَالِقَتَيْنِ ḵāliqatayni	الْخَالِقَتَيْنِ al-ḵāliqatayni	خَالِقَتَيْ ḵāliqatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَالِقِين ḵāliqīn	الْخَالِقِين al-ḵāliqīn	خَالِقِي ḵāliqī	خَالِقَات ḵāliqāt	الْخَالِقَات al-ḵāliqāt	خَالِقَات ḵāliqāt
Nominative	خَالِقُونَ ḵāliqūna	الْخَالِقُونَ al-ḵāliqūna	خَالِقُو ḵāliqū	خَالِقَاتٌ ḵāliqātun	الْخَالِقَاتُ al-ḵāliqātu	خَالِقَاتُ ḵāliqātu
Accusative	خَالِقِينَ ḵāliqīna	الْخَالِقِينَ al-ḵāliqīna	خَالِقِي ḵāliqī	خَالِقَاتٍ ḵāliqātin	الْخَالِقَاتِ al-ḵāliqāti	خَالِقَاتِ ḵāliqāti
Genitive	خَالِقِينَ ḵāliqīna	الْخَالِقِينَ al-ḵāliqīna	خَالِقِي ḵāliqī	خَالِقَاتٍ ḵāliqātin	الْخَالِقَاتِ al-ḵāliqāti	خَالِقَاتِ ḵāliqāti

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَالِق (ḵāliq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ˈliq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.lɪ́q]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.lɪ́q]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.lɪ́q]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.líq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.léɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.líq]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāliq
Dari reading?	xāliq
Iranian reading?	xâleğ
Tajik reading?	xoliq

Noun

Dari	خالق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	холиқ

خالِق • (xâleq)

1. Creator, an epithet for God

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ખાલિક (khālik)

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic خَالِق (ḵāliq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑː.lɪq/
• Rhymes: -ɪq

Noun

خالِق • (xāliq) m (Hindi spelling ख़ालिक़)

1. creator, an epithet for God

   مخلوق میں خالق کا نظر آیا جس کو اس دیکھنے والے نے خدا کو دیکھا

   maxlūq mẽ xāliq kā nazar āyā jis ko us dekhne vāle ne xudā ko dekhā

   Who has seen the creator in the creation, that observer has seen God

Declension

Declension of خالق
	singular	plural
direct	خالق (xāliq)	خالق (xāliq)
oblique	خالق (xāliq)	خالقوں (xāliqõ)
vocative	خالق (xāliq)	خالقو (xāliqo)

References

• “خالق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خالق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.