Malik

See also: malik and malík

English

Etymology

From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈlik/, /mɑˈlik/

Proper noun

Malik (plural Maliks)

1. A male given name from Arabic.
2. A surname from Arabic.

Usage notes

• Popularized in the United States in the 1970s, when it became known as the Muslim name of Malcolm X.

Derived terms

• Maliki
• Malikism

Translations

given name

• Arabic: مَلِك (ar) m (malik)
• Bengali: মালিক (bn) (malik), মালেক (malek), মল্লিক (bn) (mollik)
• Russian: Мали́к (ru) m (Malík), Ма́лик (ru) m (Málik)
• Uyghur: مەلىك (melik)

Anagrams

• likam

Greenlandic

Etymology

From malik (“wave”).

Proper noun

Malik

1. a male given name

References

• Navnestatistik for Grønland 1998
• Oqaatsit kallallisuumiit qallunaatuumut / Grønlandsk dansk ordbog, Ilinniusiorfik 2002. →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

From mały (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.lik/
• Rhymes: -alik
• Syllabification: Ma‧lik

Proper noun

Malik m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Malik

	singular	plural
nominative	Malik	Malikowie
genitive	Malika	Malików
dative	Malikowi	Malikom
accusative	Malika	Malików
instrumental	Malikiem	Malikami
locative	Maliku	Malikach
vocative	Maliku	Malikowie

Proper noun

Malik f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Derived terms

• Malikowa
• Malikówna

 

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames