See also: ملک

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *malk-. The insertion of the vowel i is irregular, leading, though it could be a prop vowel as in إِبِل (ʔibil), to the suggestion that it is instead borrowed from an archaic Aramaic predecessor to Aramaic מַלְכָּא (malkā, king), along with the clear borrowing مَلَكُوت (malakūt).

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Noun edit

مَلِك (malikm (plural مُلُوك (mulūk) or أَمْلَاك (ʔamlāk), feminine مَلِكَة (malika))

  1. king, sovereign, monarch
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Etymology 2 edit

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مُلْك (mulkm

  1. verbal noun of مَلَكَ (malaka) (form I)
  2. rule, reign, supreme authority, dominion, dominance, sway, power
  3. sovereignty, kingship, royalty
  4. monarchy
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Etymology 3 edit

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مِلْك (milkm (plural أَمْلَاك (ʔamlāk))

  1. verbal noun of مَلَكَ (malaka) (form I)
  2. property, possession, goods and chattels, fortune, wealth
  3. estate
  4. real estate, landed property
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Etymology 4 edit

Root
م ل ك (m-l-k)

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Verb edit

مَلَكَ (malaka) I, non-past يَمْلِكُ‎ (yamliku)

  1. to take in possession, to take over, to acquire, to seize
  2. to possess, to lay hold, to own, to have, to be the owner
    الرَجُلُ يَمْلِكُ سَيَّارَةً جَديدَةً.
    The man owns a new car.
  3. to dominate, to control
  4. to be the master
  5. to be capable, to be able, to be in a position to
    • Hadith
      لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ؛ إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ.
      laysa š-šadīdu bi-ṣ-ṣuraʕati; ʔinnamā š-šadīdu allaḏī yamliku nafsahu ʕinda l-ḡaḍabi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  6. to rule, to reign, to exercise authority, to hold sway, to lord over
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Etymology 5 edit

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مَلَّكَ (mallaka) II, non-past يُمَلِّكُ‎ (yumalliku)

  1. to make the owner
  2. to put in possession
  3. to transfer ownership, to assign, to make over, to convey
  4. to make king
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Etymology 6 edit

Shortened version of مَلْأَك (malʔak).

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Noun edit

مَلَك (malakm (plural مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika) or مَلَائِك (malāʔik))

  1. angel
    • a. 538, أبو جندب الهُذَليّ المشؤوم, ديوان الهذليين:
      مَنْ مُبْلِغٌ مَلَائِكِي حُبْشِيًّا أَخَا / بَنِي زُلَيْفَةَ الصُّبْحِيَّا؟
      man mubliḡun malāʔikī ḥubšiyyan ʔaḵā / banī zulayfata ṣ-ṣubḥiyyā?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:31:
      فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً وَآتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُ أَكْبَرْنَهُ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:95:
      قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا
      qul llaw kāna fī l-ʔarḍi malāʔikatun yamšūna muṭmaʔinnīna lanazzalnā ʕalayhim mmina s-samāʔi malakan rrasūlan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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مَلَك (malakm (plural مُلُك (muluk))

  1. possession, property
  2. food and water, resources; anything which regulates, maintains, or sustains; essentials, supplies, utilities
  3. foundation of ones existence
    1. agent or effective cause
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Etymology 8 edit

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مَلْك (malkm

  1. verbal noun of مَلَكَ (malaka) (form I)
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مُلَّك (mullakm pl

  1. plural of مَالِك (mālik)

Adjective edit

مُلَّك (mullakm pl

  1. masculine plural of مَالِك (mālik)

References edit

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ملك”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 613–614
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “ملك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 208–209
  • van Putten, Marijn (2020), "Classical and Modern Standard Arabic", in Arabic and Contact-induced Change (eds. Manfredi and Lucas)
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1081

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَك (malak), variant of مَلْأَك (malʔak, angel).

Noun edit

ملك (melek) (plural ملائك or ملائكة)

  1. angel
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَلِك (malik, king).

Noun edit

ملك (melik) (feminine ملكه, plural ملوك)

  1. lord, king, sovereign
  2. God, the sovereign Lord
  3. pirate
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Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Arabic مِلْك (milk, property).

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ملك (milk, mülk) (plural املاك)

  1. possession, property
  2. sovereignty, dominion
  3. God's supreme sovereignty and dominion
  4. the whole creation, as the domain of God
Descendants edit

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

ملك (müllek)

  1. plural of مالك

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
م ل ك
3 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic مَلَكَ (malaka).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.lak/, [ˈma.lak]
  • (file)

Verb edit

ملك (malak) I (present بملك (bimlik))

  1. to own
  2. to control
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of ملك (malak)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ملكت (malakt) ملكت (malakt) ملك (malak) ملكنا (malakna) ملكتو (malaktu) ملكو (malaku)
f ملكتي (malakti) ملكت (malkat)
present m بملك (bamlik) بتملك (btimlik) بملك (bimlik) منملك (mnimlik) بتملكو (btimliku) بملكو (bimliku)
f بتملكي (btimliki) بتملك (btimlik)
subjunctive m أملك (ʔamlik) تملك (timlik) يملك (yimlik) نملك (nimlik) تملكو (timliku) يملكو (yimliku)
f تملكي (timliki) تملك (timlik)
imperative m املك (imlik) املكو (imliku)
f املكي (imliki)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic مَلِك (malik).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.lik/, [ˈma.lɪk]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ملك (malikm (plural ملوك (mlūk), feminine ملكة (malike))

  1. king
See also edit
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