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Vinony

Malik

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. family name
  3. Indonesian village
L1525431 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. tribal chieftain in modern Assyrian society
  2. in parts of South and Central Asia and the Middle East: the chief or headman of a village or other community
L1525438 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /məˈlik/ / /mɑˈlik/

name

Etymology: From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).

  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A surname from Arabic.

noun

  1. An upper-caste landlord in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India.

    “[…] the essay interprets the oral traditions of the outcaste Bhuinyas who have traditionally worked as the kamias or dependent labourers of maliks or upper-caste landlords in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India. […] But the kamias' ties with the maliks predated the designation of the relationship as bondage in the nineteenth century.”