talaq

• talak

Arabic طَلَاق‎ (ṭalāq, “divorce”), from the root ط ل ق‎ (ṭ-l-q).

talaq (countable and uncountable, plural talaqs)

1. (Islam) An Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an.

talaq (third-person singular simple present talaqs, present participle talaqing, simple past and past participle talaqed)

1. (Islam) To divorce somebody by this means.
   • 1987, Srikanta Ghosh, Muslim Politics in India (page 46)

     Muslim women can be talaqed instantly, and thrown into the streets by whimsical husbands.

• Talaq normally refers to an Islamic divorce initiated by the husband. Khula is the term used when it is initiated by the wife.

talaq m (plural talaq)

1. talaq

talaq

1. spleen