malaika

Swahili
malaika

Etymology

From Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak).

Pronunciation
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Noun

malaika (n class, plural malaika)

  1. angel (messenger from a deity)
  2. angel (term of affection)

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili malaika (“angel”), from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak), from Ge'ez መልአክ (mälʾäk, “messenger; angel”), a calque of Aramaic מַלְאֲכָא / ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾăḵā, “angel, messenger”) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ, “angel, messenger”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maláíka/

Noun

malaika class 1a (plural baamalaika class 2a, augmentless only)

  1. angel
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