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Mal'ak (also spelled Malak, Melek) is the Semitic word for "angel" (Arabic: ملاك‎‎, malāk; Hebrew מַלְאָךְ; Ge'ez መልዐክ, mal`āk; Aramaic מלאך). The plural of malak ("angels") is ملائكه malaa`ikah in Arabic, מַלְאָכִים malakim in Hebrew, and መላዕክት mala`ikt in Ge'ez.

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In Arabic and Turkish, it is also used as a given name (both male and female).

The Turkish form of the name is Melek.

People named Malak

  • Melek Tourhan (1869–1956), Sultana of Egypt
  • Malak Hifni Nasif (1886-1918), Egyptian poet
  • Malak Karsh (1915–2001), Canadian photographer

    • Fictional people

  • Darth Malak, a Star Wars Sith Lord

    • Places

  • Malak, Northern Territory a suburb in the City of Darwin

    • References

    Malak Wikipedia
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