хулқ

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian خُلْق (xulq), from Arabic خُلْق (ḵulq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xulq/, [χulq]

Noun

хулқ • (xulq) (Persian spelling خلق)

  1. disposition, temperament (usual manner of behaving)
    Synonym: одат (odat)
  2. character, quality (distinguishing feature; characteristic)
    Synonym: сират (sirat)
  3. disposition, habit (a repeated behavior)

Inflection

Inflection of хулқ
singular plural
sound broken1
bare хулқ (xulq) хулқҳо (xulqho) ахлоқ (axloq) [Term?]
definite
object
хулқро (xulqro) хулқҳоро (xulqhoro) ахлоқро (axloqro) ро (ro)
izofa хулқи (xulq-i) хулқҳои (xulqho-yi) ахлоқи (axloq-i) и (i)
indefinite,
definite
relative
bare хулқе (xulqe)
object хулқеро (xulqero)

1Broken plurals are generally much less common than sound plurals.

Possessive forms of хулқ
singular plural
sound broken1
bare 1st singular хулқам (xulqam) хулқҳоям (xulqhoyam) ахлоқам (axloqam) ам (am)
2nd singular хулқат (xulqat) хулқҳоят (xulqhoyat) ахлоқат (axloqat) ат (at)
3rd singular хулқаш (xulqaš) хулқҳояш (xulqhoyaš) ахлоқаш (axloqaš) аш ()
1st plural хулқамон (xulqamon) хулқҳоямон (xulqhoyamon) ахлоқамон (axloqamon) амон (amon)
2nd plural хулқатон (xulqaton) хулқҳоятон (xulqhoyaton) ахлоқатон (axloqaton) атон (aton)
3rd plural хулқашон (xulqašon) хулқҳояшон (xulqhoyašon) ахлоқашон (axloqašon) ашон (ašon)
singular plural
sound broken1
definite
object
1st singular хулқамро (xulqamro) хулқҳоямро (xulqhoyamro) ахлоқамро (axloqamro) амро (amro)
2nd singular хулқатро (xulqatro) хулқҳоятро (xulqhoyatro) ахлоқатро (axloqatro) атро (atro)
3rd singular хулқашро (xulqašro) хулқҳояшро (xulqhoyašro) ахлоқашро (axloqašro) ашро (ašro)
1st plural хулқамонро (xulqamonro) хулқҳоямонро (xulqhoyamonro) ахлоқамонро (axloqamonro) амонро (amonro)
2nd plural хулқатонро (xulqatonro) хулқҳоятонро (xulqhoyatonro) ахлоқатонро (axloqatonro) атонро (atonro)
3rd plural хулқашонро (xulqašonro) хулқҳояшонро (xulqhoyašonro) ахлоқашонро (axloqašonro) ашонро (ašonro)

1Broken plurals are generally much less common than sound plurals.

Further reading

  • хулқ on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia tg
  • хулқ”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025
  • Jilani, Jon (2009) Tajik-English/English-Tajik practical dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN