Malak
مَلَك
Say it MA-lak
An angel
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- m-l-k
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Malak, Malaak
Meaning & source
An angel. Al-Layth, quoted in Lisān: malak is the singular of malāʾikah, a lightened form of malʾak; al-Kisāʾī derives it from alūk, a message.
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المَلَكُ وَاحِدُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنما هُوَ تَخْفِيفُ المَلأَك، وَاجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى حَذْفِ هَمْزِهِ، وَهُوَ مَفْعَلٌ مِنَ الأَلُوكِ، وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَاهُ فِي الْمُعْتَلِّ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.