malaika
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak).
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili malaika (“angel”), from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak), from Ge'ez መልአክ (mälʾäk, “messenger; angel”), a calque of Aramaic מַלְאֲכָא / ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾăḵā, “angel, messenger”) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ, “angel, messenger”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /maláíka/
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