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‖ malik|ˈmælɪk|
Also melik.
[Arab. mālik, pr. pple. of malaka to possess, rule.]
The chief or headman of a village or other community in parts of India and Central Asia.
1855H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judic. & Rev. Terms, Malik,..a master, an owner,..or a person having a beneficial and hereditary interest in the revenue paid by the cultivators, and responsible to the government for its share; hence considered applicable, in Bengal, to Zamindars, and in the north-west provinces to the head man of a village. 1897Daily News 14 June 5/7 Two maliks were sent ahead by him to Maizar. 1901Scotsman 11 Mar. 9/1 Government has been giving a good round sum to the Maliks yearly. 1920Blackw. Mag. Nov. 669/1 Each hilla, or village, has its sheik, each group of hillas is under a melik.
Hence ‖ malikana |mælɪˈkɑːnə|, a pension or retaining fee paid to an Indian chief or headman.
1846H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 140 He was accordingly allowed to reside at Puri,..upon a yearly malikana. |