Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "mulki" ita ce ƙasa, ko jiha, ko yankin da sarki ko sarauniya ke mulka. Hakanan yana iya komawa zuwa wani yanki ko yanki wanda wani abu ya mamaye ko kuma ya zama ruwan dare, kamar masarautar dabbobi, daular shuka, ko Mulkin sama. Bugu da ƙari, ana iya amfani da kalmar don bayyana wani yanki na aiki ko tasiri, kamar masarautar salon ko kuma masarautar dafuwa.
l'm trying to get you to run my kingdom
But we have a kingdom
l'm half a kingdom in debt