मुलूख

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ملک (mulk), from Arabic مُلْك (mulk, “kingdom, dominion”). Compare Gujarati મુલક (mulak), Hindi मुल्क (mulk), Punjabi ਮੁਲਕ (mulak) / مُلک (mulk).

Noun

मुलूख • (mulūkh) m

  1. country, region, territory, tract

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “मुलूख”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुलूक_or_ख”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मुलूख-ख”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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