Malachi

English

Etymology

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.

Book of Malachi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Malachi on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæləkaɪ/

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Proper noun

Malachi

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.

Descendants

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

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Maleagi (af)
• Arabic: ملاخي
• Basque: Malakias (eu)
• 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), 玛拉基书 (maa⁵ laai¹ gei¹ syu¹)

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

  Min Dong: 瑪拉基書／玛拉基书 (Mā-lăk-gĭ Cṳ̆), 玛拉基书 (Mā-lăk-gĭ-cṳ̆)

• Corsican: Malachia (co)
• Czech: Malachiáš m
• Danish: Malachis
• Dutch: Maleachi (nl) m
• Estonian: Malakia
• Finnish: Malakian kirja
• French: Malachie (fr)
• German: Malachias (de)
• Greek: Μαλαχίας (el) (Malachías)
• Gujarati: માલાખી (mālākhī)
• Hawaiian: Malaki
• Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי (Malakhi)
• Hindi: मलाकी (malākī)
• Hungarian: Malakiás (hu)
• Icelandic: Malakí (is) 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 (Malaki achem Pustok)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 말라기 (mallagi)
• Latin: Malachias (la)
• Latvian: Maleahija (lv) m
• Limburgish: Maleachi (li)
• Lithuanian: Malachijo knyga (lt) f
• Malayalam: മലാഖി (malākhi)
• Maltese: Ktieb Malakija
• Maori: Maraki
• Ngazidja Comorian: Malaki
• Norwegian: Malakias, Malaki (no)
• Oriya: ମଲାଖି ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (malākhi bhabishya‌d‌baktāṅka pustaka)
• Persian: ملاکی (fa)
• Polish: Księga Malachiasza f, Malachiasz (pl) m
• 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)
• Basque: Malakias (eu)
• Breton: Malac'hi (br) m
• Catalan: Malaquies
• Cebuano: Malaquías
• Chinese:

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

  Mandarin: 瑪拉基／玛拉基 (Mǎlājī), 玛拉基 (mǎlājī)

  Min Dong: 瑪拉基／玛拉基, 玛拉基 (Mā-lăk-gĭ)

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

  Ancient: Μαλαχίας m (Malakhías)

• Hawaiian: Malaki
• Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי (Malakhi)
• Hungarian: Malakiás (hu)
• Icelandic: Malakí (is) m
• Ido: Malakias (io) m
• Irish: Malaicí (ga) m
• Italian: Malachi, Malachia (it)
• Japanese: マラキ (Maraki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kazakh: Малахия (Malaxiä)
• Korean: 말라기 (mallagi)
• Latin: Malachias (la)
• Latvian: Maleahija (lv) m
• Limburgish: Maleachi (li)
• Lithuanian: Malachijas m
• Maori: Maraki
• Ngazidja Comorian: Malaki
• Norwegian: Malakias, Malaki (no)
• Oriya: ମଲାଖି m (malākhi)
• 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)
• Basque: Malakias (eu)
• Breton: Malac'hi (br) m
• Cebuano: Malaquías
• Chinese:

  Min Dong: 瑪拉基／玛拉基 (Mā-lăk-gĭ)

• Corsican: Malachia (co)
• Czech: Malachiáš m
• Danish: Malachis
• Dutch: Maleachi (nl) m
• Estonian: Malakia
• Finnish: Malakias
• French: Malachie (fr)
• German: Malachias (de)
• Greek: Μαλαχίας (el) (Malachías)
• Hawaiian: Malaki
• Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי (Malakhi)
• Hungarian: Malakiás (hu)
• Icelandic: Malakí (is) m
• Ido: Malakias (io) m
• Italian: Malachia (it)
• Japanese: マラキ (Maraki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Malachias (la)
• Latvian: Maleahija (lv) m
• Limburgish: Maleachi (li)
• Lithuanian: Malachijas m
• Maori: Maraki
• 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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