أَخْلَاقٌ conduct in Arabic
أَخْلَاقٌ is how you say “conduct” in Arabic.
Root خ ل ق kh-l-q. noun (plural of khuluq). akhlāq.
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Meaning of conduct in Arabic
- conduct, behavior
- character, disposition the ingrained qualities a person is formed with, as plural of khuluq
Example sentence
وَإِنَّ الأَحْمَقَ يُخَيِّرُ نَفْسَهُ فِي الأَخْلاقِ فَمَا أَحَبَّتْ مِنْهَا أَحَبَّ وَمَا كَرِهَتْ مِنْهَا كَرِهَ
And indeed, the foolish lets his soul choose in matters of conduct, so what it likes, he likes, and what it dislikes, he dislikes.
الأَخْلَاقِ matters of conduct
'al-' = 'the'; 'akhlaq' = 'character, manners', so 'the matters of conduct'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Akhlāq is the everyday plural for a person's conduct or moral character, the traits they are in effect formed with, echoing the root's core sense of measuring and bringing something into being.
Words from the same root
- خَلَقَ to measure or proportion; to create
- خَلْقٌ creation, the act of creating
- خُلُقٌ character, nature; singular of akhlaq
- أَخْلَقَ to become worn out, old, of a garment
Common questions
- How do you say "conduct" in Arabic?
- أَخْلاقٌ (akhlāq).
- What is the singular of أَخْلاقٌ?
- خُلُقٌ (khuluq), from the same root kh-l-q, meaning an individual trait of character.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).