মুলুক

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ملک‎ (mulk), from Arabic مُلْك‎ (mulk). Compare Old Hindi मुलक (mulaka).

Noun

মুলুক (muluk)

  1. jurisdiction, territory

Descendants
  • Bengali: মুলুক (muluk), মুল্লুক (mulluk)

Further reading
  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 775.
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