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مَالِكٌ

Root: ملك

Full Definition

مَالِكٌ : see رَبٌّ.
2 مَالِكُ الأَمْرِ The possessor of command, or rule.
3 المَالِكُ الكَبِيرُ The Great Master, or Owner; i. e., God; in contradistinction to المَالِكُ الصَّغِيرُ the little master, or owner; i. e., the human owner of a slave, &c.
4 مَالِكٌ الحَزِينُ: (so in one copy of the S: in another, and the MA, and Kzw, مَالِكُ الحَزِينِ:) [The heron: or a species thereof] in Pers. بوتيمار; a certain bird, long in the neck and legs, called in Pers. بوتيمار. see سَبَيْطَرٌ
5 أَبُو مَالِكٍ Hunger. (MF, art. جبر.) See also أَبٌ.
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