सलूक (salook)
noun
One main sense: the way a person treats or behaves toward someone, usually appearing in the set phrase सलूक करना (salook karnaa).
Sense
1
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treatment, behavior toward someone
noun, masculine Almost always used with करना (karnaa) in the frame X के साथ सलूक करना (X ke saath salook karnaa, 'to treat X in a certain way'), with an adjective like अच्छा (achchhaa) or बुरा (buraa) qualifying the noun.
Synonyms: बर्ताव (bartaav), व्यवहार (vyavahaar)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this word a lot in discussions of social justice, family relationships, or workplace fairness -- अच्छा सलूक (achchhaa salook) and बुरा सलूक (buraa salook) are the two poles people talk about constantly. It carries a slightly more formal, almost moral-judgment flavor compared to the everyday बर्ताव (bartaav), which feels a bit more neutral and casual.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try को (ko) where के साथ (ke saath) is the natural choice: अच्छा सलूक (achchhaa salook) is done 'with' (के साथ) someone, not 'to' them directly, e.g. उसने मेरे साथ अच्छा सलूक किया (usne mere saath achchhaa salook kiyaa, 'he treated me well'). 2) सलूक (salook) is usually paired with an adjective (अच्छा (achchhaa), बुरा (buraa), भेदभाव वाला (bhedbhaav vaalaa)) since the bare noun alone sounds incomplete in most sentences.
Sample Sentences:
उसने अपने नौकर के साथ बहुत बुरा सलूक किया।
He treated his servant very badly.
(usne apne naukar ke saath bahut buraa salook kiyaa।)
हमें सबके साथ अच्छा सलूक करना चाहिए।
We should treat everyone well.
(hamen sabke saath achchhaa salook karnaa chaahie।)
क्या तुम्हारे साथ दफ़्तर में ठीक सलूक होता है?
Are you treated properly at the office?
(kyaa tumhaare saath daftar men thiik salook hotaa hai?)
अगर वे मेरे साथ ऐसा सलूक न करते, तो मैं यह नौकरी न छोड़ता।
If they hadn't treated me this way, I wouldn't have left this job.
(agar ve mere saath aisaa salook n karte, to main yah naukrii n chhodtaa।)
महिलाओं के साथ इस तरह का सलूक कहीं भी बर्दाश्त नहीं किया जाना चाहिए।
This kind of treatment of women should not be tolerated anywhere.
(mahilaaon ke saath is tarah kaa salook kahiin bhii bardaasht nahiin kiyaa jaanaa chaahie।)
बॉस के साथ ज़रा नरमी से सलूक करना, वह आज परेशान है।
Be a bit gentle in how you treat the boss, he's upset today.
(bos ke saath zaraa narmii se salook karnaa, vah aaj pareshaan hai।)
समाज में दलितों के साथ सदियों से भेदभाव भरा सलूक होता रहा है।
Discriminatory treatment of Dalits has been happening in society for centuries.
(samaaj men daliton ke saath sadiyon se bhedbhaav bharaa salook hotaa rahaa hai।)
मैं चाहता हूँ कि हर बच्चे के साथ समान सलूक हो।
I want every child to be treated equally.
(main chaahtaa hoon ki har bachche ke saath samaan salook ho।)
जब तक तुम दूसरों के साथ अच्छा सलूक नहीं करोगे, तुम्हें भी वैसा ही मिलेगा।
Until you treat others well, you'll get the same treatment back.
(jab tak tum doosron ke saath achchhaa salook nahiin karoge, tumhen bhii vaisaa hii milegaa।)
उसके साथ जो सलूक हुआ, वह किसी के साथ न हो।
May no one ever be treated the way he was treated.
(uske saath jo salook huaa, vah kisii ke saath n ho।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
सलूक
(salook)
(sg.m.oblique):
सलूक
(salook)
(pl.m.direct):
सलूक
(salook)
(pl.m.oblique):
सलूकों
(salookon)