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# malik

«malik» in Mova's school dictionary: **a name, used as a first name or a family name in many…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun-like word (malik, from Arabic and other languages); proper noun (Malik — a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Malik is a name, used as a first name or a family name in many Muslim, Arab and South Asian families (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/#m1)

2) In Arabic, Urdu and some other languages, «malik» means «king» or «owner, master»; it is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Children meet Malik as the name of classmates, famous people or characters in stories. In RE lessons about Islam, «Al-Malik» (the King) is one of the names Muslims use for God. In English it is used only as a name or a borrowed word. Phrases: «Mr Malik», «Malik's family».

### examples

- My friend Malik plays goalkeeper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/#x1)
- Mrs Malik is our new head teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/#x2)
- In Arabic, «malik» means «king». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/#x3)
- Malik and his sister walk to school together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/#x4)
- Muslims call God «Al-Malik», which means «the King». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/#x5)
- Malik wrote a story about a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/#x6)

### note

As a name, always write it with a capital M. Sounds like «MAH-lik» or «MAL-ik». Do not invent facts about a person called Malik; it is just a name unless a text tells you more.

### In the corpora

- [In Philadelphia, Malik, 16, has friends round, and Dante, 10, tries to hang with them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/501-big-brothers/13/)
- [Malik's aunt already has three kids, so Malik shares a bunk bed with his cousin Dre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt/9/)
- [«We're like brothers now,» Malik says, and they fight like brothers too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «malik» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malik/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.