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Where does “خلق” come from?

خلق (Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish خلق, from Arabic خَلْق — people,creature.

خلق (Arabic): to create, to make; to shape, to form; to be old...

Definitions

  1. to create, to make; to shape, to form; to be old...

Ancestry of “خلق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishخلق—
2Arabicخَلْقpeople,creature
Every word from Arabic خَلْق →