هذا مالك العقار.

In Arabic, present-tense sentences like This is the owner of the property usually do not use a separate verb for is / am / are.

So Arabic simply says:

• هذا = this
• مالك العقار = the owner of the property

Put together: هذا مالك العقار.

This is very normal in Arabic.
If you wanted to say it in the past or future, then Arabic would use a verb, but in the simple present it is usually omitted.

هذا is the masculine singular demonstrative meaning this.
هذه is the feminine singular version.

Here, مالك is a masculine noun, so Arabic uses هذا:

• هذا مالك العقار = This is the owner of the property.

If the main noun were feminine, you would normally use هذه instead.

This is one of the most important grammar points in the sentence.

مالك العقار is an iḍāfa construction, often called a genitive construction or possessive construction. It literally works like:

• مالك = owner
• العقار = the property / the real estate

Together:

• مالك العقار = owner of the property

In an iḍāfa:

1. the first noun usually does not take الـ
2. the second noun determines whether the whole phrase is definite or indefinite

Since العقار is definite, the whole phrase مالك العقار is also definite, so it means:

• the owner of the property

not just

• an owner of a property

Yes, exactly.

مالك العقار is an iḍāfa:

• مالك = the first term of the iḍāfa
• العقار = the second term of the iḍāfa

The relationship is usually translated with of in English:

• مالك العقار = owner of the property

Key rules of iḍāfa here:

• the first noun (مالك) does not take الـ
• the second noun (العقار) is in the genitive position
• if the second noun is definite, the whole phrase is definite

So although مالك has no الـ, the phrase still means the owner of the property.

If you fully vowel the sentence in careful Modern Standard Arabic, it is:

هٰذا مالكُ العقارِ

Here is why:

• هٰذا is a demonstrative pronoun and is indeclinable in this form
• مالكُ is the predicate of the sentence, so it is in the nominative: -u
• العقارِ is the second term of the iḍāfa, so it is in the genitive: -i

So the fully marked form is:

• هٰذا مالكُ العقارِ

In normal writing, these short vowels are usually not written.

Yes, you can.

Both are possible:

• هذا مالك العقار
• هذا هو مالك العقار

The version with هو can sound a little more explicit or emphatic, like:

• This is the owner of the property
• This here is the owner of the property

But the shorter version هذا مالك العقار is perfectly correct and very common.

It is pronounced roughly mā-lik:

• ما = long mā
• لك = lik

So: mālik

In fully vowelled form, here it would be مالِك in citation form as a noun pattern, but in the sentence with case ending it is مالِكُ.

Be careful not to confuse it with different words that may look similar in English transcription. In Arabic script, context usually makes the meaning clear.

In this sentence, it is understood as the common noun owner.

Why?

Because مالك العقار naturally forms an iḍāfa meaning owner of the property. That is a very normal noun phrase.

Yes, مالك can also be a male name, Mālik, but in this sentence the grammar strongly points to the meaning owner rather than a personal name.

العقار usually refers to real estate, property, or immovable property.

Depending on context, it could refer to:

• a property
• a building
• a piece of real estate
• real estate in a legal or formal sense

So مالك العقار is often best translated as:

• the owner of the property
• the property owner
• the owner of the real estate

The most natural English translation depends on context.

Because مالك is the first term in an iḍāfa.

In Arabic, the first noun of an iḍāfa does not take:

• الـ
• tanwīn

So you do not say something like مالكٌ العقار.

Instead, you say:

• مالكُ العقارِ

This is a standard rule of the iḍāfa construction.

Yes. In practice, هذا can often be understood as:

• this
• this one
• this person

depending on context.

In هذا مالك العقار, it probably refers to a person being pointed out, so in natural English it could be:

• This is the owner of the property
• This man is the owner of the property
• This one is the property owner

Arabic leaves that flexible, and context tells you what sounds best in English.

The sentence is a nominal sentence in Arabic.

A simple way to analyze it is:

• هذا = topic / subject-like element
• مالك العقار = predicate / information about it

So the structure is:

• هذا
  • مالك العقار
• This
  • the owner of the property

This is a very common Arabic pattern: a demonstrative followed by a noun phrase that identifies the person or thing being pointed out.

No, not in this form.

هذا مالك العقار means that this refers to the person who is the owner.

So it means:

• This is the owner of the property

It does not mean:

• This belongs to the property owner

To express belongs to, Arabic would use a different structure, such as one involving لِـ or a possession expression.

So here مالك is a noun meaning owner, not a verb meaning owns.