mamelouk

French

Alternative forms

mameluk

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَمْلُوك (mamlūk, “slave”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mam.luk/
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Noun

mamelouk m (plural mamelouks)

mameluke

Descendants

→ English: mameluke
→ Italian: mammalucco
→ Sicilian: mammaluccu

Adjective

mamelouk (feminine mamelouke, masculine plural mamelouks, feminine plural mameloukes)

(relational) mameluke

Further reading

“mamelouk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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