ملکه

See also: ملكة‎, ملكه‎, and ملکہ‎

Pashto

Noun

ملکه • (malaka) f

angel

Noun

ملکه • (malika) f

queen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة‎ (malika). By surface analysis, ‎ (malek) +‎ ‎ (-e).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maliˈka/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /malɪˈka/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mæleˈke/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /maliˈka/

Noun

Iranian Persian	ملکه
Dari	ملکه
Tajik	малика (malika)

ملکه • (maleke) (plural ملکه‌ها‎ (maleke-hâ) or ملکات‎ (malekât))

queen

Usage notes

Like English queen, the term can be used for both a queen regnant and a queen consort. More specific derived terms are ‎ (maleke-ye hâkem, “queen regnant”) and ‎ (maleke-ye hamsar, “queen consort”).

Descendants

→ Gujarati: મલિકા (malikā)
→ Hindustani: malikā
Hindi: मलिका

Urdu: مَلِکَہ‎
→ Marwari: मलिका (malikā)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਮਲਕਾ (malkā)

Shahmukhi script: مَلِکَہ‎ (malikah)
→ Sindhi: malikā
Arabic script: مَلڪَھ‎

Devanagari script: मलिका

Proper noun

Iranian Persian	ملکه
Dari	ملکه
Tajik	Малика (Malika)

ملکه • (maleke)

a female given name, Malekeh, from Arabic

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