ميلق

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Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian *mālag, whence also Persian ماله (mâle, trowel) and Arabic مَالَق (mālaq), مَالَج (mālaj, trowel).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَيْلَق (maylaqm (plural مَيَالِق (mayāliq))

  1. (obsolete) touchstone, whetstone, oil stone, axe stone
  2. (definite) a surname originating as an occupation from someone sharpening tools on a hone
  3. (Kuwait) a certain fish
    • 2011 June 15, “العجيل: أفضل المحادق الركسة وفيها يكثر الهامور (with pictures)”, in Al-Anbaʾ:
      سمكة الميلق (توجد بأعداد كبيرة في الشعاب المرجانية)
      هي اسماك صغيرة جدا سوداء اللون توجد بأعداد كبيرة في الشعاب المرجانية ويعتقد انها صغار اسماك الينم لكونها موجودة في الاماكن نفسها بكثرة فنسبت هذه لتلك والله اعلم.
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Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: mejlaq

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1236