Talk:Melkite

Untitled
The fact remains that Melkites -- and, for that matter, Lebanese and Syrians of all confessions -- consider themselves Arabs, are recognized as Arabs by Arabic nations and speak Arabic. To assert otherwise is a futile attempt to deny reality.
 * They can consider themselves anything they want. Just because some Melkites see themselves as Arabs does not mean that they are of Arab ancestry. Most Melkites I know don't consider themselves Arabs, and rightly so. They just speak Arabic. Deny it all you want, but they are not Arabs. They're ancestry is non-Arab, like it or not! Thanks!


 * Well, what ARE they, then? Do tell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.78.255.105 (talk) 02:57, 17 May 2013 (UTC)


 * There are Christian’s who trace themselves to the pre Islamic arab Ghassanids who lived in the levant in 3rd century. 174.65.225.68 (talk) 15:12, 22 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The Melkites, and the Greek Orthodox Levantines are not Arabs, but are ethnically Antiochian Greeks, their ethnic Greek heritage goes all the way back to the Hellenistic and Byzantine times. They speak Arabic, but they are not Arabs. Speaking Arabic does not magically turn a person into an Arab, in the same manner that speaking English does not magically turn a person into an Englishman!!!!!

Malkaya and Malaki
The etymological meaning of "malkaya" (Syriac) and "malaki" (Arabic) is "royal / kingly", from the root word "malik" which means "king".

Pertaining to the Melkites, it means "imperial" by extension, not etymologically. The strict etymological meaning of "malkaya" and "malaki" is "royal / kingly".

The term "king" was perhaps applied by the Semitic people at that time to the Byzantine Emperor because they had no equivalent political office of an emperor in their own society.

Simply highlight the Arabic character for "malaki" in the article, right click, and choose "translate with Live Search". It is translated as "royal", and not "imperial".

--Archestrategos (talk) 02:14, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Demographics section
Page could use a demographics section, if the data is available. Mooonswimmer 16:31, 9 January 2022 (UTC)