malaika

Swahili

malaika

Etymology

From Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

malaika (n class, plural malaika)

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• malaikah, mala'ikah, malaaikah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak). Compare Maranao mala'ikat, Tausug malāikat, and Malay malaikat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈlaʔika/ [mɐˈla.ʔɪ.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -aʔika
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧i‧ka

Noun

maláiká (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜁᜃ) (Islam)

1. angel

   Synonyms: anghel, (obsolete) ansilis

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili malaika (“angel”), from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak), from Ge'ez መልአክ (mälʾäk, “messenger; angel”), a calque of Aramaic מַלְאֲכָא / ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾăḵā, “angel, messenger”) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ, “angel, messenger”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maláíka/

Noun

malaika class 1a (plural baamalaika class 2a, augmentless only)

1. angel