ملک

See also: ملك

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مَلِك (malik, “king”). From Proto-Semitic *malk-. Cognate to Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh, “king”) and מָלַךְ (malákh, “to rule”), and Aramaic מַלְכָּא (malkā, “king”) and מְלַךְ (m'laḵ, “to rule”).

Noun

ملک • (malik) m (plural ملکان (malikân))

1. king

Declension

declension of ملک

	singular		plural
direct	ملک (malik)		ملکان (malikân)
oblique	ملک (malik)		ملکانو (malikâno)
vocative	ملکه (malika)		ملکانو (malikâno)

Related terms

• ملکه (malika, “queen”)

References

1. Raverty, H. G. (1867) “ملک”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَلَك (malak, “angel”).

Noun

ملک • (malak) (plural ملائک (malâ'ek))

1. angel

Derived terms

• ملک‌الموت (malek-ol-mowt)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَلِك (malik, “king”).

Noun

ملک • (malek) (plural ملوک (moluk))

1. king

Derived terms

• ملک‌زاده (malek-zâde)
• ملکی (maleki)
• ملوکانه (molukâne)
• ملوک‌الطوائفی (moluk-ot-tavâ'efi)

Related terms

• ملکه (malake)
• ملکوت (malakut)

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مِلْك (milk, “property, estate”).

Noun

ملک • (melk) (plural املاک (amlâk))

1. estate
2. property

Derived terms

• ملکدار (melkdâr)
• ملکی (melki)
• ملکیت (melkiyat)

Related terms

• مالک (mâlek)
• تملک (tamallok)
• مملوک (mamluk)

Etymology 4

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مُلْك (mulk, “kingship, royalty, monarchy”).

Noun

ملک • (molk)

1. kingship
2. kingdom
3. dominion

Derived terms

• ملکی (molki)

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Urdu

Noun

ملک • (mulk) m (Hindi spelling मुल्क)

1. country

Declension

Declension of ملک
	singular	plural
direct	ملک (mulk)	ملک (mulk)
oblique	ملک (mulk)	ملکوں (mulkō̃)
vocative	ملک (mulk)	ملکو (mulkō)

Synonyms

• دیش (deś)