# تعلق
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Compare عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa, “to be suspended, (intransitive) to hang”).

#### Verb

تَعَلَّقَ • (taʕallaqa) V (non-past يَتَعَلَّقُ (yataʕallaqu), verbal noun تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq))
* to be suspended, to hang (بِ (bi) from)
* to depend (بِ (bi) on)
* to be attached (بِ (bi) to)
* to be related (بِ (bi) to)
    إِذَا كَانَ لَدَيْكَ أَيُّ طَلَبَاتٍ أُخْرَى تَتَعَلَّقُ بِٱللُّغَةِ أَوْ أَيُّ اِسْتِفْسَارَاتٍ، فَلَا تَتَرَدَّدْ فِي طَرْحِهَا.ʔiḏā kāna ladayka ʔayyu ṭalabātin ʔuḵrā tataʕallaqu bi-l-luḡati ʔaw ʔayyu istifsārātin, falā tataraddad fī ṭarḥihā.If you have any other requests related to language or any questions, please feel free to ask.
* to adhere firmly (بِ (bi) to)
* to be devoted (بِ (bi) to)
* to fall in love (بِ (bi) with)
* to tie (an amulet, etc.) around one's neck
* to do (something) superficially, to slur over
* to put forth roots

##### References

* Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “تعلق”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “علق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

تَعَلُّق • (taʕalluq) m
* verbal noun of تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa) (form V)

##### Descendants

* → Classical Persian: تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ताल्लुक़ (tālluq)
    Urdu: تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤੱਲਕ (tallak)
    Shahmukhi script: تَعلَّق (tallaq)
* → Malay: takluk
** Indonesian: takluk
* → Uyghur: تەئەللۇق (te'elluq)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

تعلق (form I)
* تَعْلَقُ (taʕlaqu) /taʕ.la.qu/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُعْلَقُ (tuʕlaqu) /tuʕ.la.qu/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa) and عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تَعْلَقَ (taʕlaqa) /taʕ.la.qa/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُعْلَقَ (tuʕlaqa) /tuʕ.la.qa/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa) and عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تَعْلَقْ (taʕlaq) /taʕ.laq/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُعْلَقْ (tuʕlaq) /tuʕ.laq/: inflection of عَلِقَ (ʕaliqa) and عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive
* تَعْلُقُ (taʕluqu) /taʕ.lu.qu/: inflection of عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تَعْلُقَ (taʕluqa) /taʕ.lu.qa/: inflection of عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تَعْلُقْ (taʕluq) /taʕ.luq/: inflection of عَلَقَ (ʕalaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

تعلق (form II)
* تُعَلِّقُ (tuʕalliqu) /tu.ʕal.li.qu/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُعَلَّقُ (tuʕallaqu) /tu.ʕal.la.qu/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تُعَلِّقَ (tuʕalliqa) /tu.ʕal.li.qa/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُعَلَّقَ (tuʕallaqa) /tu.ʕal.la.qa/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تُعَلِّقْ (tuʕalliq) /tu.ʕal.liq/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُعَلَّقْ (tuʕallaq) /tu.ʕal.laq/: inflection of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ta.ʔal.ˈluq]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.ʔäl.lʊ́q]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.ʔäl.lʊ́q]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰɑːäl.lʊ́q]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰɔːäl.lúq]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰæ.ʔæl.lóɢ̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.ʔäl.lúq]

### Noun

تعلق • (ta'alloq)
* belonging, attachment, dependence, connection
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2661:کاین تعلق چیست با این خاکمان / چون سرشت ما بده ست از آسمانk-īn ta'alluq čīst bā īn xākimān / čūn sirist-i mā buda-st az āsmānMarvelling what connexion we had with this dust, inasmuch as our nature is of heaven.
* concern
* possession

#### Descendants

* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ताल्लुक़ (tālluq)
    Urdu: تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤੱਲਕ (tallak)
    Shahmukhi script: تَعلَّق (tallaq)

### References

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تعلق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʕal.laʔ/, [ɪtˈʕal.laʔ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

تعلّق • (tʕallaʔ) V (present بتعلّق (bitʕallaʔ))
* to hold on, to latch on, to cling to
* to depend [with على (ʕala) ‘on someone or something’]
    Synonym: توقّف (twaʔʔaf)

#### Conjugation
## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), borrowed from Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi تعلق (t'lq /⁠ta'alluq⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪ə.ʔəl.lʊq/, [t̪ɑːl.lʊq]
* (Punjabic Urdu) IPA: /t̪əl.ləq/, [t̪əl.lək]
* Rhymes: -ʊq
* Hyphenation: تَعَ‧لُّق

### Noun

تَعَلُّق • (ta'alluq) m (formal plural تَعَلُّقات (ta'alluqāt), Hindi spelling ताल्लुक़)
* relation, connection
* relationship
* acquaintance, association (often illicit relationships)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ “تعلق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

### Further reading

* “تعلق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “تعلق”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]