milûk

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Arabic ملك (milk, “property”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈluːk/

Noun

milûk m (Arabic spelling ملووك)

1. owner, proprietor of land or wealth
2. governor of a province

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “milûk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 387