מלך
־ים
דער

ETYMOLOGY

{Why is the protovowel E3 in EY? Unusual for segol.}
Proto-Yiddish ✱meːləx; Proto-EY ✱meɪləx; from Tiberian Hebrew (phonetic) ✱mɛːlɛx מֶלֶךְ.

{Wiktionary: מלך.}

WESTERN

melach 'König' {PhilogLottus 1733}

Meilech 'der König' {Friedrich 1784: 26}

mɛ́jləx {NORTHWESTERN, Katz 1982: 122, 292}
- mḗlɛx {Whole Hebrew}

meilax {"classical" Western Yiddish, Hutterer 1965: 141}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

mę̄lɒx ~ męi̯lɒx {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 127, 141}

meːlax {WTCP, Vác, 47197}
- m(ə)loːxɩm, m̩loːxɩm מלכים

CENTRAL

májləx {Katz 1982: 122, 289}
- méjlɛx {Whole Hebrew}

mailax {Hutterer 1965: 141}

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

meˑləx {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

majlʲəx šɛl 'king of diamonds' {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

{majɬɔx} {Warsaw, Geller 2001: 60}
majləx / kejnɩk šel מלך / קעניג שעל 'king of diamonds (cards)' {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

ˈmejləx

NORTHEASTERN

méjləx {NORTHWESTERN, Katz 1982: 122, 291}
- mɛ́lɛx {Whole Hebrew}

Lithuania

méjɫax {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}