ملکہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian ملکه‎ (malika), from Arabic مَلِكَة‎ (malika), feminine of مَلِك‎ (malik, “king”). By surface analysis, ملک‎ (malik) +‎ ـه‎ (-a).

مَلِکَہ • (malikah) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਲਿਕਾ)

1. queen

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “ملِکہ‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Borrowed from Classical Persian ملکه‎ (malika), from Arabic مَلِكَة‎ (malika), feminine of مَلِك‎ (malik, “king”). By surface analysis, ملک‎ (malik) +‎ ـه‎ (-a).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.lɪ.kɑː/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /mə.lɪ.kɑː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /məl.kɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

مَلِکَہ • (malika) f (masculine ملک‎, Hindi spelling मलिका)

1. queen

   Synonyms: مہارانی‎ (mahrānī), رانی‎ (rānī), سلطانہ‎ (sultāna)

   Antonym: بادشاہ‎ (bādśah)

• “ملکہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ملکہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.