MALIK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malik mean? 

• MALIK (noun)
  The noun MALIK has 1 sense:

1. the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent

  Familiarity information: MALIK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALIK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

maliks rule the hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords

Hypernyms ("malik" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

Domain region:

Anatolia; Asia Minor (a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey)

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)