transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmam-ˌlük ]
noun
or Mam·e·luke ˈma-mə-ˌlük
Etymology: Arabic mamlūk, literally, slave
Date: circa 1506
1. : a member of a politically powerful Egyptian military class occupying the sultanate from 1250 to 1517
2. often not capitalized : a white or east Asian slave in Muslim countries