Maalouf
Maalouf (spellings ndị ọzọ: Maloof, Malouf, Malouff, Maluf, Malluf; Arabic: معلوف المعلوف) bụ aha nna Arabụ.

Mmalite ya 
Ezinụlọ Maalouf so n'òtù agbụrụ ndị a maara dị ka Ghassanids nke si Yemen kwaga Houran na Siria nke oge a tupu ọdịda nke Marib Dam (Arabic: سد مأرب) n'ihe dị ka 102 AD Ezinụlọ ahụ chịrị Houran na  mpaghara ndị gbara ya gburugburu ruo ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ 500 ruo mgbe ndị Alakụba meriri na 637 AD.

Mgbe ọbịbịa nke Islam gasịrị, ụfọdụ ndị otu ghọrọ ndị Alakụba ebe ọtụtụ n'ime ha nọgidere bụrụ Ndị Kraịst karịsịa Antiochan Eastern-Orthodox na Melkite Greek Katọlik . A na-ekwu na ọtụtụ ndị isi a ma ama natara aha pụrụ iche nke Maayuf (معيوف) nke pụtara na a tọhapụrụ ya ma ọ bụ na-echebe ya. Mgbe gọọmentị na-achị achị mechara kagbuo aha a, ọtụtụ ndị òtù ezinụlọ jidere ya n'ụdị aha nna Maalouf, ma ọ bụ Al-Maalouf. Otú ọ dị, a na-arụ ụka banyere mmalite nke aha ezinụlọ ahụ.