malik

«malik» in Mova's school dictionary: a name, used as a first name or a family name in many… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun-like word (malik, from Arabic and other languages); proper noun (Malik — a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) Malik is a name, used as a first name or a family name in many Muslim, Arab and South Asian families (a name). tree →

2) In Arabic, Urdu and some other languages, «malik» means «king» or «owner, master»; it is not an English word. tree →

sense in the lessons

Children meet Malik as the name of classmates, famous people or characters in stories. In RE lessons about Islam, «Al-Malik» (the King) is one of the names Muslims use for God. In English it is used only as a name or a borrowed word. Phrases: «Mr Malik», «Malik's family».

examples

• My friend Malik plays goalkeeper. tree →
• Mrs Malik is our new head teacher. tree →
• In Arabic, «malik» means «king». tree →
• Malik and his sister walk to school together. tree →
• Muslims call God «Al-Malik», which means «the King». tree →
• Malik wrote a story about a dragon. tree →

note

As a name, always write it with a capital M. Sounds like «MAH-lik» or «MAL-ik». Do not invent facts about a person called Malik; it is just a name unless a text tells you more.

In the corpora

• In Philadelphia, Malik, 16, has friends round, and Dante, 10, tries to hang with them.
• Malik's aunt already has three kids, so Malik shares a bunk bed with his cousin Dre.
• «We're like brothers now,» Malik says, and they fight like brothers too.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «malik» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.