malaika

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malaika¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak).

noun IX · malaika · X

  1. class i angel (messenger from a deity)
  2. class i angel (term of affection)

Malaika²

Where it comes from

From malaika (“angel”), from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika).

proper noun

  1. a female given name from Arabic

In English

  • angel messenger from a deity

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"malaika." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/malaika. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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malaika. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/malaika

Chicago

"malaika." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/malaika.

BibTeX
@misc{malaika_2026,
  title = {malaika},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/malaika},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-malaika.flac.