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Aramaic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *malk-.
Pronunciation
Noun
מַלְכָּא • (malkā) m (plural מַלְכַּיָּא, singular feminine counterpart מַלְכְתָא)
- king
Tanach, Genesis 14:21, with translation of the New International Version:וַאֲמַר מַלכָּא דִסדוֹם לְאַברָם הַב לִי נַפשָׁתָא וְקִניָנָא סַב לָך- The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.”
Inflection
References
“mlk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–