Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ملک (mulk), from Arabic مُلْك (mulk).

Noun

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मुलक (mulaka)

  1. country
    Synonym: देस (desa)

Descendants

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  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुल्क (mulk)
    Urdu: مُلْک (mulk)

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 559