‫ملک‬

See also: ‫ملك‬

Contents
Pashto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Related terms
References
Persian
Etymology 1
Noun
Derived terms
References
Etymology 2
Noun
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 3
Noun
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 4
Noun
Derived terms
Descendants

Urdu
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Further reading

Pashto
Etymology

From Arabic ‫َمِلك‬‎(malik, “king”). From Proto-Semitic *malk-. Cognate to Hebrew ‫ֶמ ֶל ְך‬‎(mélekh, “king”)
and ‫ָמ ַל ְך‬‎(malákh, “to rule”), and Aramaic ‫ַמ ְל ָּכא‬‎(malkā, “king”) and ‫ְמ ַל ְך‬‎(m'laḵ, “to rule”).

Pronunciation

Noun

‫( • ملک‬malik) ? (plural ‫ملکان‬‎(malikân))

1. king

Declension
declension of ‫ملک‬

singular plural

‫
ملک‬ ‫ملکان‬
direct
(malik) (malikân)

‫
ملک‬ ‫ملکانو‬‎

oblique
(malik) (malikâno)

‫ملکه‬‎
‫ملکانو‬‎

vocative
(malika) (malikâno)

Related terms

‫ملکه‬‎‎(malika, “queen”‎)

References

1. Makkan

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic ‫َمَلك‬‎(malak, “angel”).[1]

Noun
‫( • ملک‬malak) (plural ‫مالئک‬‎(malâ'ek))
1. angel

Derived terms

‫ملک‌الموت‬‎‎(malek-ol-mowt‎)

References
1. ^ Benzing, Johannes (1983), “mlk”, in Chwaresmischer Wortindex, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz

Etymology 2

From Arabic ‫َمِلك‬‎(malik, “king”).

Noun

‫( • ملک‬malek) (plural ‫ملوک‬‎(moluk))

1. king

Derived terms

‫ملک‌زاده‬‎‎(malek-zâde‎)
‫ملکی‬‎‎(maleki‎)
‫ملوکانه‬‎‎(molukâne‎)
‫ملوک‌الطوائفی‬‎‎(moluk-ot-tavâ'efi‎)

Related terms

‫ملکه‬‎‎(malake‎)
‫ملکوت‬‎‎(malakut‎)

Etymology 3

From Arabic ‫ِمْلك‬‎(milk, “property, estate”).

Noun

‫( • ملک‬melk) (plural ‫امالک‬‎(amlâk))

 1. estate
2. property

Derived terms

‫ملکدار‬‎‎(melkdâr‎)
‫ملکی‬‎‎(melki‎)
‫ملکیت‬‎‎(melkiyat‎)

Related terms

‫مالک‬‎‎(mâlek‎)
‫تملک‬‎‎(tamallok‎)
‫مملوک‬‎‎(mamluk‎)

Etymology 4

From Arabic ‫ُمْلك‬‎(mulk, “kingship, royalty, monarchy”).

Noun

‫( • ملک‬molk)
1. kingship
2. kingdom
3. dominion

Derived terms

‫ملکی‬‎‎(molki‎)

Descendants

→ Assamese: মুলুক ‎(muluk‎)

→ Bengali: মুলুক ‎(muluk‎)
→ Gujarati: મુલક ‎(mulak‎)
 → Old Hindi: मुलक ‎(mulaka‎)

Hindustani: mulk

Hindi: मुल्क

Urdu: ‫ُم ْل ک‬‎

→ Maithili:

Devanagari: मुलुक ‎(muluk‎)

Tirhuta: 𑒧𑒳𑒪𑒳𑒏 ‎(muluka‎)

→ Marathi: मुलू ख ‎(mulūkh‎)

→ Marwari: मुलक ‎(mulak‎)

→ Nepali: मुलुक ‎(muluk‎)

→ Oriya: ମୁ ଲକ ‎(mulôkô‎)
→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi: ਮੁਲਕ ‎(mulak‎)

Shahmukhi: ‫ُملک‬‎‎(mulk‎)

→ Sindhi:

Arabic: ‫ُمْلُڪ‬‎
Devanagari: मुल्कु

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mʊlk/

Noun
‫( • ُم ْل ک‬mulk) m (plural ‫ماِل ک‬ ‫َم‬‎, Hindi spelling मुल्क)
1. country

Synonym: ‫دیش‬‎‎(deś‎)

Declension

Declension of ‫ملک‬

singular plural

direct ‫ُم ْل ک‬‎(mulk) ‫ُم ْل ک‬‎‎(mulk‎)

oblique ‫ُم ْل ک‬‎(mulk) ‫ُم ْل کوں‬‎(mulkō̃)
vocative ‫ُم ْل ک‬‎(mulk) ‫ُم ْل کو‬‎‎(mulkō‎)

Further reading

“‫( ملک‬http://udb.gov.pk/result.php?search=‫”)ملک‬, in ‫( ُارُدو ُلَغت‬in Urdu), Ministry of Education:

Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “‫( ملک‬https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/qureshi_query.p
y?qs=‫&ملک‬searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact)”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard
Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 606 (https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/qur
eshi_query.py?page=606)

“‫( ُم ْل ک‬https://rekhtadictionary.com/search?keyword=‫”)ُمْلک‬, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu

dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2022.
Platts, John T. (1884), “‫( ملك‬https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/platts_query.py?qs=‫&ملك‬s
earchhws=yes&matchtype=exact)”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English,
London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1065 (https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/platts_query.p
y?page=1065)

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