𐤌𐤋𐤊

Ammonite

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *malk-.

Noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)

  1. king
Derived terms

Proper noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)

  1. Moloch

Moabite

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *malk-.

Noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)

  1. king
    • 840 BCE, Mesha Stele:
      𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤏 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 [...] 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁
      ʾnk mšʿ bn kmš [...] mlk mʾb
      I am Mesha son of Kemosh [...] king of Moab.
      (literally, “I [am] Mesha son [of] Kemosh [...] king [of] Moab”)

Phoenician

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *malk-.

Noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk /milk/)

  1. king
    • 5th century BCE, sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:
      𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤕𐤁𐤍𐤕 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌 𐤁𐤍
      𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤆𐤓 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌 𐤔𐤊𐤁 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤍 𐤆
      ʾnk tbnt khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm bn
      ʾšmnʿzr khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm škb bʾrn z
      I, Tabnit, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, the son
      of Eshmunazar, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, am lying in this sarcophagus.
      (literally, “I Tabnit priest [of] Astarte king [of] Sidon son
      [of] Eshmunazar priest [of] Astarte king [of] Sidon [am] lying in-sarcophagus this      ”)

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). If so, cognate with Hebrew מֶלַח (melaḥ).

Proper noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk, Málaka or Malake)

  1. Malaga (a port city in Spain), especially (historical) as an ancient Phoenician colony.
Descendants
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