falaka

F4A1L1A1K5A1

noun

A torture method consisting of whipping a person's bare feet.

OriginArabic فَلَقَة →
Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfalaka (usually uncountable, plural falakas)

plural falakas · alternative falaqa

  1. uncountableusuallyA torture method consisting of whipping a person's bare feet.

    Although technically forbidden, the torture of prisoners through falaka, beating on the soles of the feet or the back of the legs, is very widely practiced in Iran.

    1995, Kate Millett, The Politics of Cruelty: An Essay on the Literature of Political Imprisonment

Origin

  1. Arabicفَلَقَة
  2. Englishfalaka

From Arabic فَلَقَة (falaqa).

More words from Arabic

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

kafala
Cite this entry
APA

falaka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falaka

MLA

“falaka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falaka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “falaka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falaka.

Source: falaka on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.