ख़िल्क़त

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلقت (xilqat), from Arabic خِلْقَة (ḵilqa).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɪl.qət̪/, [xɪl.qɐt̪], /kʰɪl.kət̪/, [kʰɪl.kɐt̪], /xəl.qət̪/, [xɐl.qɐt̪], /kʰəl.kət̪/, [kʰɐl.kɐt̪]

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ख़िल्क़त • (xilqat) m (Urdu spelling خِلْقَت)

1. creation (ie. creature; people; world)
2. nature, behaviour

• “ख़िल्क़त”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ख़िल्क़त”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “ख़िल्क़त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.