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.
   • 2025, Banu Mushtaq, “A Decision of the Heart”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 71:

     The first option was to give talaq to Akhila. But given that he really loved her, and that they had four small children, he decided that was no answer.

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