mamelouk
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَمْلُوك (mamlūk, “slave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mam.luk/
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Noun
mamelouk m (plural mamelouks)
Descendants
- → English: mameluke
- → Italian: mammalucco
- → Sicilian: mammaluccu
Adjective
mamelouk (feminine mamelouke, masculine plural mamelouks, feminine plural mameloukes)
- (relational) mameluke
Further reading
- “mamelouk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.