Malik
English
Etymology
From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈlik/, /mɑˈlik/
Proper noun
Malik (plural Maliks)
- A male given name from Arabic.
- A surname from Arabic.
Usage notes
- Popularized in the United States in the 1970s, when it became known as the Muslim name of Malcolm X.
Derived terms
Translations
given name
Anagrams
Greenlandic
Etymology
From malik (“wave”).
Proper noun
Malik
- a male given name
References
- Navnestatistik for Grønland 1998
- Oqaatsit kallallisuumiit qallunaatuumut / Grønlandsk dansk ordbog, Ilinniusiorfik 2002. →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
From mały (“small”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.lik/
- Rhymes: -alik
- Syllabification: Ma‧lik
Proper noun
Malik m pers
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Malik
Proper noun
Malik f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
Derived terms
- Malikowa
- Malikówna
See also
- Appendix:Polish surnames