𐤌𐤋𐤊
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Ammonite
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *malk-.
Noun
𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)
Derived terms
- 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍 𐤏𐤌𐤍 (mlk bn ʿmn)
Etymology 2
Proper noun
𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)
Moabite
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *malk-.
Noun
𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk)
- king
- 840 BCE, Mesha Stele:
- 𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤏 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 [...] 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁
- ʾnk mšʿ bn kmš [...] mlk mʾb
- I am Mesha son of Kemosh king of Moab.
- (literally, “I Mesha son Kemosh king Moab”)
- 840 BCE, Mesha Stele:
Phoenician
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *malk-.
Noun
𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk /milk/)
- king
- 5th century BCE, sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:
- 𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤕𐤁𐤍𐤕 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌 𐤁𐤍
𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤆𐤓 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌 𐤔𐤊𐤁 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤍 𐤆- ʾnk tbnt khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm bn
ʾšmnʿzr khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm škb bʾrn z - I, Tabnit, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, the son
of Eshmunazar, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, am lying in this sarcophagus. - (literally, “I Tabnit priest Astarte king Sidon son
Eshmunazar priest Astarte king Sidon lying in-sarcophagus this”)
- ʾnk tbnt khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm bn
- 5th century BCE, sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:
Etymology 2
Possibly from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). If so, cognate with Hebrew מֶלַח (melaḥ).
Proper noun
𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk, Málaka or Malake)
- Malaga (a port city in Spain), especially (historical) as an ancient Phoenician colony.