Definitions For Mameluke

Noun

MAMELUKE (plural MAMELUKEs) A member of a military regime created and run originally by freed white European slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516. (obsolete) A slave (especially European and white) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country.

Translations

Arabic: : Egyptian Arabic: مملوك, m (mamlūk) Armenian: մամելյուկ Portuguese: mameluco, m Russian: мамлю́к Spanish: mameluco, c Swedish: mamluk, c Tagalog: mameluko

Alternative forms

Mamaluke, mamaluke, mameluk, mameluke, mamluk, mamluk, mamluke, mammaluke memlook

Etymology

From {{etyl, fr, en}} mamelouk, , ultimately from {{etyl, ar, en}} مَمْلُوك, , slave (literally "possessed"), passive participle of مَلَكَ, , to possess, to acquire. {{doublet, en, mameluco}}.