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It is also one of the Names of God in Islam, and is then al-Malik (الملك) or The King, Lord of the Worlds in the absolute sense (denoted by the definite article), meaning the King of Kings, above all earthly rulers. Hence, Abdelmelik ("servant of [Allah] the King") is an Arabic male name.
Malik, Maleek, Malek or Malyk (Arabic: مَالِك or مَلِك) (Urdu & (): مالک) (/ ˈ m æ l ɪ k /) is a given name of Semitic origin. [1] It is both used as first name and surname originally mainly in Western Asia by Semitic speaking Christians, Muslims and Jews of varying ethnicities, before spreading to countries in the Caucasus, South Asia, Central Asia, North Africa and ...
Abdul Malik (Arabic: عبد الملك) is an Arabic (Muslim or Christian) male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd , al- and Malik . The name means "servant of the King", in the Christian instance 'King' meaning 'King of Kings' as in Jesus Christ and in Islam, Al-Malik being one of the names of God ...
Most scholars regard the origin of the term, "Amalek" to be unknown [6] but in some rabbinical interpretations, it is etymologized as am lak, 'a people who lick (blood)'. [7] Richard C. Steiner has suggested that the name is derived from the Egyptian term *ꜥꜣm rqj "hostile Asiatic", possibly referring to Shasu tribesmen from around Edom. [8]
El (/ ɛ l / EL; also ' Il, Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎍 ʾīlu; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤋 ʾīl; [6] Hebrew: אֵל ʾēl; Syriac: ܐܺܝܠ ʾīyl; Arabic: إل ʾil or إله ʾilāh [clarification needed]; cognate to Akkadian: 𒀭, romanized: ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities.
al-Malik (Arabic: الملك), literally "the King", is a name that may refer to: The title King of Kings; One of the 99 names of God in Islam; Imam Malik; Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Umayyad caliph; Al-Malik al-Rahim, Buyid rulers; Al-Malik al-Aziz, Buyid prince; Al-Kamil, sultan of Egypt
Alexander (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος) is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. [1] Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr.
Alek is a given name and alternative form of Alec. Notable people with the name include: Alek Bédard (born 1996), Canadian curler; Alek D. Epstein (born 1975), Russian-Israeli sociologist of culture and politics; Alek Dzhabrailov (1976–2009), Chechen human rights activist