Arabic vocabulary
إِطْلَاقِrelease in Arabic
إِطْلَاقِ is how you say “release” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ط ل ق (ṭ-l-q)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, Form IV of طلق)Pronounced iṭlāq
Meaning of release in Arabic
- release; setting loose or free; letting go — of something bound — e.g. loosing a hobbled camel from its cord, or freeing a captive
- divorcing one's wife — used, alongside تَطْلِيق, as the verbal noun for pronouncing divorce
Iṭlāq is the verbal noun of the causative Form IV verb أَطْلَقَ ("to loose, set free, let go"), as in loosing a she-camel from her cord or setting a captive free. The same root gives تَطْلِيق/طَلَاق for divorce, since a divorced wife is likewise "released" or "let go" from the marriage bond.
Words from the same root
- طَلَاقٌdivorce; a wife's separation from her husband
- طَلَّقَto divorce (one's wife); to leave or quit
- طَلِيقٌone set free; a released captive
- طَالِقٌa woman who is divorced
- مُطْلَقٌlet loose, set free; unrestricted
- اِنْطَلَقَto be let loose; to go away, depart
- طَلْقٌunbound, free; also the pains of childbirth
Common questions
- How do you say "release" in Arabic?
- إِطْلَاق (iṭlāq).
- What is the root of إطلاق and what does it center on?
- The root is ط ل ق (ṭ-l-q), centered on being loosed, freed, or let go — of a bound animal, a captive, or, idiomatically, a wife through divorce.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
أجمع المسلمون على وجوب تعظيم القرآن العزيز على الاطلاق وتنزيهه وصيانته
Muslims unanimously agree on the obligation to honor the Glorious Quran in all cases, and to respect and safeguard it.
الإِطْلَاقِ — absolutely. The noun completing 'upon the whole', with al- ('the') and the (genitive) ending the preposition requires. Paired with the preposition it forms the fixed adverbial 'absolutely, in all cases'. Definite and case-marked, it closes the idiom that scopes the obligation.
From: Honoring the Quran →
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