How to say "angel" in Arabic
CognateMeaningangel
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَلَاك
malākמלאך
ملاك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מלאך
malakhمَالَاخ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ل-أ-كHebrew root
ל-א-ךDespite looking like it belongs to מלך, 'king', מלאך is built on an unrelated root, ל-א-ך, 'to send' — an angel is literally 'the sent one,' a messenger, in both languages. Hebrew מלאכה, 'work, task,' is that same root's other child.
Related Hebrew word:מלאךmalakhمَلَاخ
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In a phrase
مَلَاك الرَّحْمَة
malāk ar-raḥmaמלאך א-רחמהangel of mercy
Plural
مَلَائِكَة
malāʾikaמלאאכהbroken plural maCāʾiCa