Malachi

English

Etymology

From Latin Mālāchiās, from Ancient Greek Μαλαχίας (Malakhías), from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, literally “my messenger”), singular form of מַלְאָךְ (mal'akh, “angel; messenger; ambassadors”) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæləkaɪ/

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Proper noun

Malachi

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1. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Mal.

2. (biblical) A minor prophet.
3. A male given name from Hebrew mostly used in Ireland as an anglicization of two Gaelic names.

Derived terms

• Malachi crunch

 

Descendants

• → Fijian: Malakai
  • → English: Malakai (with Tongan Malakai)
• → Tongan: Malakai
  • → English: Malakai (with Fijian Malakai)

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Maleagi (af)
• Arabic: مَلَاخِيّ (malāḵiyy)
• Armenian: Մաղաքիա (hy) (Maġakʿia)
• Asturian: Malaquíes (ast)
• Basque: Malakias (eu)
• Bavarian: Maleachi
• Bengali: মালাখি (malakhi)
• Breton: Malac'hi (br) m
• Catalan: Malaquies
• Cebuano: Malaquías
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 瑪拉基書／玛拉基书 (maa⁵ laai¹ gei¹ syu¹)

  Eastern Min: 瑪拉基書／玛拉基书 (Mā-lăk-gĭ-cṳ̆)

  Mandarin: 瑪拉基書／玛拉基书 (zh) (Mǎlājīshū)

• Corsican: Malachia (co)
• Czech: Malachiáš m
• Danish: Malachis
• Dutch: Maleachi (nl) m
• Estonian: Malakia
• Faroese: Malakias (fo) m
• Finnish: Malakian kirja
• French: Malachie (fr)
• Georgian: მალაქია (malakia)
• German: Malachias (de)
• Greek: Μαλαχίας (el) (Malachías)

  Ancient: Μαλαχίας m (Malakhías)

• Greenlandic: Malaki (kl)
• Gujarati: માલાખી (mālākhī)
• Hawaiian: Malaki
• Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי (he) (Malakhi)
• Hindi: मलाकी (malākī)
• Hungarian: Malakiás (hu)
• Icelandic: Malakí m
• Ido: Malakias (io) m
• Irish: Leabhar Mhalaicí m, Malaicí (ga) m
• Italian: Malachi, Malachia (it)
• Japanese: マラキ書 (Maraki-sho)
• Kannada: ಮಲಾಕಿಯ (malākiya)
• Kazakh: Малахия (Malaxiä)
• Konkani: मालाकी आचें पुसतक (mālākī ācẽ pustak)
• Korean: 말라기 (Mallagi)
• Latin: Malachias (la)
• Latvian: Maleahija (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Malachi
• Limburgish: Maleachi
• Lithuanian: Malachijo knyga (lt) f
• Malay: Maleakhi
• Malayalam: മലാഖി (malākhi)
• Maltese: Ktieb Malakija
• Manx: Malachi (gv)
• Maori: Maraki (mi)
• Mirandese: Malaquias
• Ngazidja Comorian: Malaki
• Norwegian: Malakias, Malaki (no)
• Odia: ମଲାଖି ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (môlakhi bhôbiṣyô‌d‌bôktaṅkô pustôkô)
• Persian: ملاکی (fa)
• Polish: Księga Malachiasza f
• Portuguese: Malaquias (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮਲਾਕੀ (malākī)
• Romanian: Malachia m
• Russian: Мала́хия m or f (Maláxija)
• Scots: Malachi
• Scottish Gaelic: Malachi (gd) m
• Slovak: Malachiáš m
• Slovene: Malahija (sl)
• Spanish: Malaquías (es) m
• Swahili: Malaki (sw)
• Swedish: Malaki
• Tagalog: Malakias (tl) m
• Tamil: மலாக்கி (malākki)
• Telugu: మలాకీ (malākī)
• Urdu: ملاکی
• Waray-Waray: Malaquías
• Welsh: Malachi (cy) m
• West Frisian: Maleächy
• Zealandic: Maleachi

minor prophet

• Afrikaans: Maleagi (af)
• Armenian: Մաղաքիա (hy) (Maġakʿia)
• Asturian: Malaquíes (ast)
• Basque: Malakias (eu)
• Bavarian: Maleachi
• Breton: Malac'hi (br) m
• Catalan: Malaquies
• Cebuano: Malaquías
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 瑪拉基／玛拉基 (maa⁵ laai¹ gei¹)

  Eastern Min: 瑪拉基／玛拉基 (Mā-lăk-gĭ)

  Mandarin: 瑪拉基／玛拉基 (mǎlājī)

• Corsican: Malachia (co)
• Czech: Malachiáš m
• Danish: Malachis
• Dutch: Maleachi (nl) m
• Esperanto: Malaĥi
• Estonian: Malakia
• Faroese: Malakias (fo) m
• Finnish: Malakia (fi)
• French: Malachie (fr)
• Georgian: მალაქია (malakia)
• German: Malachias (de)
• Greek: Μαλαχίας (el) (Malachías)

  Ancient: Μαλαχίας m (Malakhías)

• Greenlandic: Malaki (kl)
• Hawaiian: Malaki
• Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי (he) (Malakhi)
• Hungarian: Malakiás (hu)
• Icelandic: Malakí m
• Ido: Malakias (io) m
• Irish: Malaicí (ga) m
• Italian: Malachi, Malachia (it)
• Japanese: マラキ (Maraki)
• Kazakh: Малахия (Malaxiä)
• Korean: 말라기 (mallagi)
• Latin: Malachias (la)
• Latvian: Maleahija (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Malachi
• Limburgish: Maleachi
• Lithuanian: Malachijas m
• Maltese: Malakija (mt) m
• Manx: Malachi (gv)
• Maori: Maraki (mi)
• Mirandese: Malaquias
• Ngazidja Comorian: Malaki
• Norwegian: Malakias, Malaki (no)
• Odia: ମଲାଖି m (môlakhi)
• Persian: مَلاکی
• Polish: Malachiasz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Malaquias (pt) m
• Romanian: Malachia m
• Russian: Мала́хия m (Maláxija)
• Scots: Malachi
• Scottish Gaelic: Malachi (gd) m
• Slovak: Malachiáš m
• Slovene: Malahija (sl)
• Spanish: Malaquías (es) m
• Swahili: Malaki (sw)
• Swedish: Malaki
• Tagalog: Malakias (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Malaquías
• Welsh: Malachi (cy) m
• West Frisian: Maleächy
• Zealandic: Maleachi

male given name

• Afrikaans: Maleagi (af)
• Armenian: Մաղաքիա (hy) (Maġakʿia)
• Asturian: Malaquíes (ast)
• Basque: Malakias (eu)
• Bavarian: Maleachi
• Breton: Malac'hi (br) m
• Cebuano: Malaquías
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 瑪拉基／玛拉基 (Mā-lăk-gĭ)

• Corsican: Malachia (co)
• Czech: Malachiáš m
• Danish: Malachis
• Dutch: Maleachi (nl) m
• Estonian: Malakia
• Faroese: Malakias (fo) m
• Finnish: Malakias
• French: Malachie (fr)
• Georgian: მალაქია (malakia)
• German: Malachias (de)
• Greek: Μαλαχίας (el) (Malachías)

  Ancient: Μαλαχίας m (Malakhías)

• Greenlandic: Malaki (kl)
• Hawaiian: Malaki
• Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי (he) (Malakhi)
• Hungarian: Malakiás (hu)
• Icelandic: Malakí m
• Ido: Malakias (io) m
• Irish: Malaicí (ga) m
• Italian: Malachia (it)
• Japanese: マラキ (Maraki)
• Latin: Malachias (la)
• Latvian: Maleahija (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Malachi
• Limburgish: Maleachi
• Lithuanian: Malachijas m
• Maltese: Malakija (mt) m
• Manx: Malachi (gv)
• Maori: Maraki (mi)
• Mirandese: Malaquias
• Ngazidja Comorian: Malaki
• Norwegian: Malakias, Malaki (no)
• Polish: Malachiasz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Malaquias (pt) m
• Romanian: Malachia m
• Russian: Мала́хия m (Maláxija)
• Scots: Malachi
• Scottish Gaelic: Malachi (gd) m
• Slovak: Malachiáš m
• Slovene: Malahija (sl)
• Spanish: Malaquías (es) m
• Swahili: Malaki (sw)
• Swedish: Malaki
• Tagalog: Malakias (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Malaquías
• Welsh: Malachi (cy) m
• West Frisian: Maleächy
• Zealandic: Maleachi

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