𐤌𐤋𐤊

Ammonite

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *malk-.

Noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)

1. king

Derived terms

• 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍 𐤏𐤌𐤍 (mlk bn ʿmn)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)

1. Moloch

Moabite

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *malk-.

Noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)

1. king
   • 840 BCE, Mesha Stele:

     𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤏 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 [...] 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁

     ʾnk mšʿ bn kmš [...] mlk mʾb

     I am Mesha son of Kemosh [...] king of Moab.

     (literally, “I [am] Mesha son [of] Kemosh [...] king [of] Moab”)

Phoenician

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *malk-.

Noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk /milk/)

1. king
   • 5th century BCE, sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:

     𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤕𐤁𐤍𐤕 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌 𐤁𐤍
     𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤆𐤓 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌 𐤔𐤊𐤁 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤍 𐤆

     ʾnk tbnt khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm bn
     ʾšmnʿzr khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm škb bʾrn z

     I, Tabnit, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, the son
     of Eshmunazar, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, am lying in this sarcophagus.

     (literally, “I Tabnit priest [of] Astarte king [of] Sidon son
     [of] Eshmunazar priest [of] Astarte king [of] Sidon [am] lying in-sarcophagus this”)

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). If so, cognate with Hebrew מֶלַח (melaḥ).

Proper noun

𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk, Málaka or Malake)

1. Malaga (a port city in Spain), especially (historical) as an ancient Phoenician colony.

Descendants

• Punic: 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤀 (mlkʾ)
• → Ancient Greek: Μᾰλᾰ́κη (Malákē)
• → Latin: Malaca
  • → Arabic: مالقة
    • → Hijazi Arabic: مالقة (learned)
    • → Spanish: Málaga
      • → Catalan: Màlaga
      • → English: Malaga, Málaga
      • → Greek: Μάλαγα (Málaga)
      • → Hebrew: מָלָגָה (Malága)
      • → Polish: Malaga, Málaga
      • → Portuguese: Málaga
      • → Russian: Ма́лага (Málaga)