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Contents 1 Miscellaneous 2 Good catch 3 Arabic form: الملك or ملك 4 Oriental Languages ? 5 Additional meaning 6 adoption of a name 7 Merge

[edit] Miscellaneous

Malik is Last name of Nadeem

Nadeem Malik Born in Karachi, Pakistan April 1970 Imigraded to Ontario, Canada in 1990

is this the entry for Malik {king} or Maalik {owner}?

I've seen some literature that mentions that the gaurdian of hellfire is named "Maalik" but it's not mentioned in the Quran HussaynKhariq 19:48, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've added the information and references on the angel Malik within The Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Ones by Gustav Davidson. Jordan Yang 16:53, 10 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Whooo thank you so much everyone that has helped on this article, My Arabic name is Malik because im 1/4 sudanise and I never knew anything about it asin how to write it in arabic and the meaning =D

[edit] Good catch

Thanks Hussayn,

I was trying to verify the two paras you deleted...somebody's ugly graffito

[edit] Arabic form: الملك or ملك

I may easily be mistaken, but shouldn't the Arabic form given in parentheses be simply "ملك", without the definite article (-ال)? When so prefixed, as the article itself indicates, it refers exclusively to God ("the King"), not the more general, "human" concept. Or at least that's my understanding. Keldan 09:13, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oriental Languages ?

The description of Malik states:

Malik is a word that means "king" in Arabic, also adopted in various other oriental languages, also in derived meanings.

It should be clarified. Any suggestions ?

Siddiqui 14:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Additional meaning

I just wanted to mention that "Malik" also has a meaning in greenlandic. It means "wave" (in liquid, normally in the sea) and it can also be used as a name (it's acctually my name:O)

Malik, 10 Maj 2006

Malik is also a popular surname in Slovakia. It is my maiden name. The pronunciation has been Americanized from "Mah-lek" to MAL-ik. In the 1960-1980s though it was leaning towards turning into MAY-lik. Thankfully that seems to have stopped. Now most Maliks are known as "Mah-LEEK" instead. Which is interesting if you're blonde and blue-eyed like myself.

[edit] adoption of a name

i hate how people change their last name to malik it makes my family history research harder to find

[edit] Merge

I suggest to merge this article with Melik, as it is about the same title. In Caucasus it belonged to minor feudals, both Muslim and Christian. Grandmaster 14:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Seems like a good idea to me. — Malik Shabazz | Talk 00:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)