malik

IPA: mˈæɫɪk

Root Word: Malik

A male given name from Arabic.
A surname from Arabic.
A tribal chieftain in certain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially among the Pashtuns.
A tribal chieftain in modern Assyrian society.
An upper-caste landlord in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India.

Examples of "malik" in Sentences

Malik was not the primary target.
Not slim, not malik, not modernist.
Malik is a good leader, but stubborn.
Malik is a great content contributor.
They are also known as Malik or Darogha.
The Malik are also known as the Ghatwala.
Malik Ambar and the demise of the sultanate.
Malik then moves in with the black students.
Malik was initially suspected to be involved.
Nidal malik Hasans deadly rampage is a wakeup call for all Americans
Derwin and Malik commiserate over losing Melanie and Robin Givens respectively.
The name "malik" is akin to mayor, or village leader, elected by a village council.
Their personal nemeses -- every malik has them -- were all too willing to serve as executioners.
The Taliban's campaign appealed to Raheel Khan, friends and relatives say, because his father was a malik.
The name is in Marathi and sounds like hailing a mughal entering the court like, "Ba mulayza, shajahan, malik e mulk, bashah ..."
When talking of the relationships linking Dalits to Kurmis, he deployed words such as malik/mazdoor (landowner/worker), bandua (bonded labourer), and harwahi (ploughman).
Damien Fleming has taken the hat-trick on test debut for our country in 1994 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi and the result of match was draw becuase of good batting by salim malik.
The Ali Sher Khel also complain the provincial governor and power broker, Gul Agha Shirzai, is biased against them, and his advisers have had to quell Ali Sher Khel rumors that he married the daughter of a Sepai malik.