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Where does “மாளிகை” come from?

மாளிகை (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit मलिक, from Arabic مَلِك, from Proto-Semitic malk- — king, prince.

Ancestry of “மாளிகை”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमलिकking
2Arabicمَلِكking
3Proto-Semiticmalk-king, prince
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