Arabic vocabulary
أَخْلَاقٌconduct in Arabic
أَخْلَاقٌ is how you say “conduct” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root خ ل ق (kh-l-q)noun (plural of khuluq)Pronounced akhlāq
Meaning of conduct in Arabic
- conduct, behavior
- character, disposition — the ingrained qualities a person is formed with, as plural of khuluq
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
- خَلَقَto measure or proportion; to create
- خَلْقٌcreation, the act of creating
- خُلُقٌcharacter, nature; singular of akhlaq
- أَخْلَقَto 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.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
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'.
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