מלך

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See also: מ־ל־ך

Arabic

Noun

מלך (transliteration neededm

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of مَلِك (malik, king)‎‎
    • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir[1], Exodus 1:8:
      וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃
      waqāma malikun jadīdun ʿalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
      And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.

Aramaic

Noun

מלך (melech)

  1. inflection of מַלְכָּא:
    1. absolute
    2. construct state

Hebrew

Root
מ־ל־ך (m-l-k)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *malk-. Cognate to Aramaic מַלְכָּא (malkā, king), Arabic مَلِك (malik, king) and Akkadian 𒂷𒆪 (malku, prince).

Pronunciation

  • (מֶלֶךְ, mélekh):
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    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈme.leχ/
  • (מָלַךְ, malákh):
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Tiberian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mɔːˈlax/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /maˈlaχ/

Noun

מֶלֶךְ (mélekhm (plural indefinite מְלָכִים, singular construct מֶלֶךְ־, plural construct מַלְכֵי־, feminine counterpart מַלְכָּה, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מֶלֶךְ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. king
    • Tanach, Exodus 1:17:
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      [] וְלֹא עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶן מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם []
      [] v'ló asú ka'ashér dibér aleihén mélekh mitsráyim []
      [] and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them []
    • 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Simba (Doron Ben-Ami):
      היי דוד סקאר, כשאהיה מלך, מה אתה תהיה?
      Hey Dod Skar, kshe'éye mélech, ma atá tíye?
      Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you?
  2. (chess) king
  3. (card games) king

Declension

Derived terms

References

Verb

מָלַךְ (malákh) (pa'al construction)

  1. to rule

Conjugation

References


Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh).

Noun

מלך m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling meleh, plural מלכים)

  1. king

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh).

Noun

מלך (meylekhm, plural מלכים (melokhem)

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

Synonyms