Where does “Мәлікұлы” come from?

Мәлікұлы (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh Мәлік, from Arabic مَلِك, from Proto-Semitic malk- — king, prince.

Ancestry of “Мәлікұлы”, step by step

Мәлікұлы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh Мәлік

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KazakhМәлік—
2Arabicمَلِكking
3Proto-Semiticmalk-king, prince

via Kazakh ұлы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhұлыgreat
2Proto-Turkiculugbig, great, grown-up; big, great
Every word from Proto-Semitic malk- →Every word from Arabic مَلِك →Every word from Kazakh Мәлік →
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