Mulaykah
مليكة
Say it mu-LAY-kah
Possession and rule
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- m-l-k
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Mulaika, Mulaykah, Melike
Meaning & source
A diminutive from m-l-k, possession and rule; Lisān lists Mulaykah among the names of this root.
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ومُلَيْكٌ ومُلَيْكَةُ وَمَالِكٌ ومُوَيْلِك ومُمَلَّكٌ ومِلْكانُ، كُلُّهَا: أَسماء؛
Who carried this name
- Mulaykah bint Khārijah ibn Zayd Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11764 (vol. 8, p. 318)