مَلَكٌ angels in Arabic
مَلَكٌ is how you say “angels” in Arabic.
Root م ل ك m-l-k. noun. malak.
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Meaning of angels in Arabic
- angel the ordinary word for 'angel'; Lane cross-refers it to مَأْلَكٌ
- water a rarer sense recorded by Sībawayh (S.) for the same word
Example sentence
كل ليلة ينزل سبعون ألف ملك من السماء إلى الأرض إلى مسجد بيت المقدس
Every night, seventy thousand angels descend from the sky to the earth, to the mosque of Bayt al-Maqdis.
مَلَكٍ angels
malak means 'angel'; the '-in' ending — the singular noun counted (Arabic uses the singular after such numbers): 'thousand angels'.
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How it is used
مَلَكٌ (malak) is the singular noun behind the English gloss 'angels'. It shares its root ملك with the whole family of 'possession/dominion' words below — مُلْك (dominion), مَلِك (king), مَمْلَكَة (kingdom) — since the root's core sense is having possession, command, or authority over something.
Words from the same root
- مَلَكَ he possessed, owned, or had authority over (something)
- مُلْكٌ dominion, sovereignty, kingship, authority
- مَلِكٌ king
- مَمْلَكَةٌ kingdom, realm
- مَالِكٌ possessor, owner, master
- مَمْلُوكٌ a slave, bondman (lit. 'one possessed')
- مَلَكُوتُ kingdom, dominion (e.g. God's kingdom)
- مَلَكَةٌ a faculty; a quality firmly rooted in the mind
More example sentences
فأصول دين السلف الإيمان بالله وكتبه ورسله وملائكته،
The fundamentals of the religion of the predecessors were faith in Allah, His books, His messengers, His angels,
وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ His angels
A further coordinated item — 'angels' plus 'His' — still hanging off the original 'faith in'. The genitive carries over by coordination. Arabic lets one preposition govern a long string of joined nouns like this.
فأتاهم ملك في صورة آدمي فجعلوه بينهم أي حكماً
Then an angel came to them in the form of a human, and they made him a judge among them.
مَلَكٌ an angel
This is the subject of 'came', landing after its verb — 'an angel'. Indefinite, a new figure entering to settle the dispute. Its nominative ending marks the doer.
فَأَتَاهُمْ مَلَكٌ فِي صُورَةِ آدَمِيٍّ
Then an angel came to them in the form of a human.
مَلَكٌ an angel
This noun is indefinite, signalled by the doubled 'n' sound on its tail (the equivalent of English 'an'), and it is the doer of the preceding verb. Placed after its verb in the usual Arabic order, it introduces a new, unspecified participant into the scene.
Common questions
- How do you say "angel" in Arabic?
- مَلَكٌ (malak).
- What does the root م ل ك (m-l-k) mean?
- It centers on possession, ownership, and authority — giving words like مُلْك 'dominion', مَلِك 'king', and مَمْلَكَة 'kingdom', alongside مَلَكٌ 'angel'.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).