malaika

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Swahili

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Etymology

From Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

malaika class IX (plural malaika class X)

  1. angel (messenger from a deity)
  2. angel (term of affection)

Tagalog

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak). Compare Maranao mala'ikat, Tausug malāikat, and Malay malaikat.

Pronunciation

Noun

maláiká (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜁᜃ) (Islam)

  1. angel
    Synonyms: anghel, (obsolete) ansilis

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili malaika (“angel”), from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak), from Ge'ez መልአክ (mälʾäk, “messenger; angel”), a calque of Aramaic מַלְאֲכָא / ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾăḵā, “angel, messenger”) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ, “angel, messenger”).

Pronunciation

Noun

malaika class 1a (plural baamalaika class 2a, augmentless only)

  1. angel
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