سلوک

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلوک (sulūk), from Arabic سُلُوك (sulūk). Compare Punjabi سَلُوک (salūk) / ਸਲੂਕ (salūk) and Gujarati સલૂક (salūk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊ.luːk/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.luːk/
• Rhymes: -uːk
• Hyphenation: سُ‧لُوک

Noun

سُلُوک • (sulūk) m (Hindi spelling सुलूक)

1. behaviour, conduct

   Synonym: رویہ (ravaiya)

2. treatment
3. amiability
4. manner, way

Declension

Declension of سلوک
	singular	plural
direct	سلوک (sulūk)	سلوک (sulūk)
oblique	سلوک (sulūk)	سلوکوں (sulūkō̃)
vocative	سلوک (sulūk)	سلوکو (sulūkō)

Further reading

• “سلوک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سلوک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سلوک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سلوک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.