MAMLUK


Meaning of MAMLUK in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.