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مَلِك
king /ˈma.lik/
nounA1#442 most common
Also: monarch, sovereign, ruler
Example sentences
هَذَا مَلِكٌ.
This is a king.
الْمَلِكُ يَعِيشُ فِي قَصْرٍ كَبِيرٍ.
The king lives in a big palace.
أَحَبَّ النَّاسُ الْمَلِكَ الْعَادِلَ.
The people loved the just king.
تُوُفِّيَ الْمَلِكُ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.
The king died and his son succeeded him on the throne.
حَكَمَ الْمُلُوكُ هَذِهِ الْبِلَادَ قُرُونًا قَبْلَ قِيَامِ الْجُمْهُورِيَّةِ.
Kings ruled this country for centuries before the republic was founded.
لَمْ يَكُنِ الْمَلِكُ مُجَرَّدَ رَمْزٍ، بَلْ كَانَ يُمْسِكُ بِزِمَامِ السُّلْطَةِ كُلِّهَا.
The king was not a mere symbol; he held the reins of all power.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَلِكٌ | مُلُوكٌ |
| Genitive | مَلِكٍ | مُلُوكٍ |
| Accusative | مَلِكًا | مُلُوكًا |
| Vocative | يَا مَلِكُ | يَا مُلُوكُ |
Word family
مَلِكَة (malika)queen
مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka)kingdom
مُلْك (mulk)sovereignty, dominion
مَلَكَ (malaka)to own, to rule
مَالِك (mālik)owner
Etymology
Malik comes from the Semitic root m-l-k, which carries the sense of owning and ruling. The same root gives the Hebrew melekh and the Aramaic malka, both meaning king. It is among the oldest words for a ruler in the Near East, attested in Akkadian and Phoenician sources.
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