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MALIK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Example:

maliks rule the hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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