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Malik¹
- /məˈlik/ US
- /mɑˈlik/ US
Rhymes with -iːk
Where it comes from
From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).
proper noun Maliks
- A male given name from Arabic.
- A surname from Arabic.
malik²
noun maliks
- A tribal chieftain in certain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially among the Pashtuns. These outsiders introduced the idea that certain maliks in the nang areas, like the khans in the qalang areas, could receive special privileges in representing the jirga to the outside world. ¶ The notion of paying favored maliks in the FATA for their cooperation did not begin with the British.
- A tribal chieftain in modern Assyrian society. The leader of this party was Khoshaba, one of the chiefs, though not the real malik of the Lower Tiyari clan.
malik³
noun maliks
- An upper-caste landlord in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India. […] the essay interprets the oral traditions of the outcaste Bhuinyas who have traditionally worked as the kamias or dependent labourers of maliks or upper-caste landlords in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India. […] But the kamias' ties with the maliks predated the designation of the relatio
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nasir, salih, malek, muhammad, abdal, shah, king, monarch, owner, ata, adil, ashraf, kamil, sovereign, ruler, overlord
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Talk about this word "malik." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/malik. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. malik. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/malik "malik." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/malik.Cite this
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title = {malik},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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