малак

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مالاق (malak, “buffalo calf”).

• IPA^(key): [mɐɫɐk]

мала́к • (malák) m

1. water buffalo calf

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мала́къ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 45

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• IPA^(key): /mɑɫɑq/

малак • (malak) (Arabic spelling مالاق)

1. caterpillar

   Synonym: гусеница (gusenitsa)

• Kurmanakunov, B. N. (2015) “caterpillar”, in Кыргызча-англисче, англисче-кыргызча сөздүк [Kyrgyz-English, English-Kyrgyz Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Kyrgyz), Bishkek, →ISBN, page 470

Inherited from Classical Persian مَلَک (malak), from Arabic مَلَك (malak).

• IPA^(key): /malak/, [mä.läk]

малак • (malak) (Persian spelling ملک)

1. angel

   Synonym: фаришта (farišta)

• “малак”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025