فلك

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فلك^¹

/fa.lak/

noun فَلَك · falak · أَفْلَاك · الْفَلَك

orbit, rounded course وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱللَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
sphere
sky, outer space, universe, (figurative) heaven
orb
abbreviation, ellipsis ellipsis of عِلْم الْفَلَك (ʕilm al-falak, “astronomy”)
falak, ouroboros

فلك^²

/fulk/

Where it comes from

Belonging to the root ف ل ك (f l k). Perhaps, however, unrelated to etymology 1 and instead from Ancient Greek ἐφόλκιον (ephólkion). Nonetheless, it might be linked to Hebrew פֶּלֶךְ (pélekh, “spindle”), the relationship being "being rounded".

noun فُلْك · fulk · الْفُلْك

ship إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّتِي تَجْرِي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن مَّاءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّح
Similar: سَفِينَة

In English

heaven sky
orbit path of one object around another
vessel craft
astronomy study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
ark Noah's ship

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فلك},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D9%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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