Malak (given name)

Malak is a given name. It derives from the Semitic word for "angel". (ملاك, malāk; Hebrew מַלְאָךְ; Ge'ez መልዐክ, mal`āk; Aramaic מלאך). The plural of malak ("angels") is ملائكه malaa`ikahם malakim in Hebrew, and መላዕክት mala`ikt in Ge'ez.

In Arabic and Turkish, it is also used as a given name (both male and female).

The Turkish form of the name is Melek.


 * Malak al-Kashif, Egyptian transgender activist
 * Malak Hifni Nasif (1886-1918), Egyptian feminist and poet
 * Malak Jân Nemati (1906-1993), charismatic figure and a mystical writer and poet in Kurdish and Persian language
 * Malak Karsh (1915–2001), Canadian photographer
 * Malak Ismayil (born 2004), Azerbaijani chess player
 * Malak Mattar, Palestinian painter
 * Malak Sukkar (1946 –1992), Syrian pioneer actress