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talaq

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /tæˈlɑːk/
  • tă-läkʹ
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  • rhymes with -ɑːk

1

noun

Meaning 1

An Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To divorce somebody by these means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: talaq — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Arabic: طَلَاق (ṭalāq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Azerbaijani: talaq — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Bashkir: талаҡ (talaq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Bengali: তালাক (talak) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Gujarati: તલાક (talāk) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Hindi: तलाक़ (talāq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Hindi: तलाक (talāk) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Indonesian: talak — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Kazakh: талақ (talaq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Central Kurdish: تەلاق (telaq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Northern Kurdish: telaq — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Kyrgyz: талак (talak) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Malay: talak — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Pashto: طلاق (talāq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Dari: طَلَاق (talāq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Iranian Persian: طَلاق (talâġ) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Punjabi: ਤਲਾਕ (talāk) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Punjabi: طَلاق (t̤alāq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Russian: таля́к (talják) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Russian: тала́к (talák) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Serbo-Croatian: талак — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Serbo-Croatian: talak — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Swahili: talaka — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Tajik: талоқ (taloq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Tatar: талак (talaq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Turkish: talak — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Ottoman Turkish: طلاق (talak) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Turkmen: talak — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Urdu: طَلاق (talāq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Uyghur: تالاق (talaq) — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an
  • Uzbek: taloq — (Islam) an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an