سلوک
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سُلُوک (sulūk), from Arabic سُلُوك (sulūk). Compare Punjabi سَلُوک (salūk) / ਸਲੂਕ (salūk) and Gujarati સલૂક (salūk).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sʊ.luːk/
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.luːk/
- Rhymes: -uːk
- Hyphenation: سُ‧لُوک
Noun
سُلُوک • (sulūk) m (Hindi spelling सुलूक)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سلوک (sulūk) | سلوک (sulūk) |
| oblique | سلوک (sulūk) | سلوکوں (sulūkõ) |
| vocative | سلوک (sulūk) | سلوکو (sulūko) |
Further reading
- “سلوک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سلوک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سلوک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سلوک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.