هلاک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَلَاك (halāk).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈlɑːk]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.lɑ́ːk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑ́ːk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔ́ːk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.lɒ́ːkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.lɔ́k]

Readings
Classical reading^?	halāk
Dari reading^?	halāk
Iranian reading^?	halâk
Tajik reading^?	halok

Noun

هلاک • (halâk)

ruin; destruction; perdition
Synonyms: نابودی (nâbudi), دمار (damâr), فنا (fanâ), زوال (zavâl), هلاکت (halâkat)

Adjective

هلاک • (halâk)

ruined; destroyed; annihilated
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 357:
  حیف می‌‌آمد مرا کان دین پاک
  در میان جاهلان گردد هلاک‌‌
  hayf mē-āmad ma-rā k-ān dīn-i pāk
  dar miyān-i jāhilān gardad halāk
  Grief was coming over me that that holy religion should perish amongst those who are ignorant.

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