talaq

• talak

From Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq, “divorce”), from the root ط ل ق (ṭ l q).

• IPA^(key): /tæˈlɑːk/, enPR: tă-läkʹ
• Rhymes: -ɑːk
• Hyphenation: ta‧laq

talaq (countable and uncountable, plural talaqs)

1. (Islam) An Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an.

talaq (third-person singular simple present talaqs, present participle talaqing, simple past and past participle talaqed)

1. (Islam) To divorce somebody by these means.
   • 1987, Srikanta Ghosh, Muslim Politics in India, page 46:

     Muslim women can be talaqed instantly, and thrown into the streets by whimsical husbands.

• Talaq normally refers to an Islamic divorce initiated by the husband. Khula is the term used when it is initiated by the wife.

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).

• IPA^(key): /taˈlak/ [t̪aˈlak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ta‧laq

talaq m (plural talaq)

1. (Islam) talaq

From Proto-Turkic *d(i)ālak (“spleen”). Cognate with Bashkir талаҡ (talaq).

• IPA^(key): /tɑˈlɑq/

talaq

1. spleen