Where does “خلق” come from?

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

خلق (Persian): creation; people, folk; temperament, disposition,...

Definitions

  1. creation; people, folk; temperament, disposition,...

Ancestry of “خلق”, step by step

خلق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic خَلْق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخَلْقpeople,creature

via Arabic خُلُق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخُلُقcharacter, disposition, manners
Every word from Arabic خَلْق