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

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

  1. king

Declension

References

  1. Makkan

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَك (malak, angel).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? malak
Dari reading? malak
Iranian reading? malak
Tajik reading? malak

Noun

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

  1.  angel
Derived terms
  • ملک‌الموت (malak-ol-mowt)

References

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَلِك (malik, king).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mä.lɪ́k]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mä.lɪ́k]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mä.lík]

Readings
Classical reading? malik
Dari reading? malik
Iranian reading? malek
Tajik reading? malik

Noun

ملک • (malek) (plural ملوک (moluk))

  1.  king
Derived terms
  • ملوکانه (molukâne)
  • ملوک‌الطوائفی (moluk-ot-tavâ'efi)
  • ملکی (maleki)
  • ملک‌زاده (malek-zâde)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic مِلْك (milk, property, estate).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? milk
Dari reading? milk
Iranian reading? melk
Tajik reading? milk

Noun

ملک • (melk) (plural املاک (amlâk))

  1. estate
  2. property
Derived terms
  • تملک (tamallok)
  • مالک (mâlek)
  • مملوک (mamluk)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Arabic مُلْك (mulk, kingship, royalty, monarchy).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mulk
Dari reading? mulk
Iranian reading? molk
Tajik reading? mulk

Noun

ملک • (molk)

  1. kingship
  2. kingdom
  3. dominion
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Assamese: মুলুক (muluk)
  • Bengali: মুলুক (muluk)
  • Gujarati: મુલક (mulak)
  • Old Hindi: मुलक (mulaka)
  • Maithili
    Devanagari script: मुलुक (muluk)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒳𑒪𑒳𑒏 (muluk)
  • Marathi: मुलूख (mulūkh)
  • Marwari: मुलक (mulak)
  • Nepali: मुलुक (muluk)
  • Odia: ମୁଲକ (mulôkô)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਲਕ (mulak)
    Shahmukhi script: مُلَک (mulak)
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: مُلْڪُ (mulku)
    Devanagari script: मुल्कु (mulku)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Hindustani مونگ / मूँग (mūṅg)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mulk
Dari reading? mulk
Iranian reading? molk
Tajik reading? mulk

Noun

ملک • (molk)

  1. (Khorasan) a kind of pea

References

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ملک (mulk), from Arabic مُلْك (mulk).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُلَک • (mulak) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਲਕ)

  1. country
    Synonym: دیش (deś)

References

  • مُلک”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُلک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُلْک (mulk), from Arabic مُلْك (mulk). First attested as Old Hindi मुलक (mulaka).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُلْک • (mulk) m (formal plural مَمالِک (mamālik), Hindi spelling मुल्क)

  1. country, land
    Synonyms: دیس (des), وَطَن (vatan)
    نِیُوزی لَین٘ڈ اَور بَرْطانیَہ بَہُت خوش حال مَمالِک ہَیں۔
    niyūzī-laiṇḍ aur bartānya bahot xuś-hāl mamālik ha͠i.
    New Zealand and Britain are very prosperous countries.
    کَئی مُلْکوں میں مَذْہَب کی آزادی فَراہِم نَہِیں ہَے۔
    kaī mulkõ mẽ mazhab kī āzādī farāhim nahī̃ hai.
    In some countries, there is no freedom of religion.
  2. (Sufism) realm
    مُلْکِ فَناmulk-i fanāmortal realm
    ہَم کو مُلْکِ عَدَم مِلا ہَمْدَم
    ham ko mulk-i 'adam milā hamdam
    We got the realm of oblivion, pal.

Declension

Declension of ملک
singular plural
direct مُلْک (mulk) مُلْک (mulk)
oblique مُلْک (mulk) مُلْکوں (mulkō̃)
vocative مُلْک (mulk) مُلْکو (mulkō)

Derived terms

References

  • ملک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ملک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 606
  • مُلْک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ملك”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1065
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