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#187389 - 10/20/09 08:15 AM origin of the word Mallika
Yehuda Offline
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Heard from a friend in Malaysia that they have named the girl Mallika meaning Queen. Being Jewish, it sounded very familiar and I realized that Malkah in Hebrew is Queen. Would very much like to know which came first? since Malkah is biblical. thank you

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#187390 - 10/20/09 08:43 AM Re: origin of the word Mallika [Re: Yehuda]
zmjezhd Offline
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Malaysia that they have named the girl Mallika meaning Queen

Just a guess, but as Malaysia has a large Muslim population, it might be a loanword from Arabic. The two Semitic languages could share a common root MLK 'king'.

Just looked up the Arabic for queen and it is malika.

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#187399 - 10/21/09 01:10 PM Re: origin of the word Mallika [Re: zmjezhd]
LukeJavan8 Offline
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I don't speak either, but have seen melek often.
Is this not "King"?

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#187402 - 10/21/09 02:56 PM Re: origin of the word Mallika [Re: LukeJavan8]
BranShea Offline
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MLK and MeLeK look like the same word to me, Luke.

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#187405 - 10/21/09 09:13 PM Re: origin of the word Mallika [Re: BranShea]
zmjezhd Offline
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MLK and MeLeK

I always wondered if Martin Luther King, Jr's grandfather named his father on prupose: King == MLK.

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#187408 - 10/21/09 10:28 PM Re: origin of the word Mallika [Re: zmjezhd]
Jackie Offline
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Huh: Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin.
nobel prize bio

And: One of the watershed events in Michael Luther King, Sr.'s life was his attendance at the World Baptist Alliance meeting in Berlin, Germany in 1934. In addition to seeing Europe, King and a group of ministers visited the Holy Land, an experience which solidified his commitment to his ministry. His trip to Europe was reported in the local press, which gave him an elevated social prominence when he returned to Atlanta. It was at this time of his life that he formally changed his name to Martin Luther King, Sr. (and his son to Martin Luther King, Jr.), likely when he applied for his passport to travel to Europe. (Relatives and close friends continued to refer to both Sr. & Jr. as "Mike" or "M. L." Martin Luther King, Jr. was referred to by his father as "M.L.")

link, p. 2

Still the same initials.

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