ملکه
Pashto
Noun
ملکه • (malaka) f
Noun
ملکه • (malika) f
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika). By surface analysis, ملک (malek) + ـه (-e).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ma.li.ˈka/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mä.lɪ.kʰǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæ.læ.kʰʲé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mä.li.kʰǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | malika |
| Dari reading? | malika |
| Iranian reading? | malake |
| Tajik reading? | malika |
Noun
ملکه • (malika / malake) (plural ملکهها (malika-hā / malake-hâ), or ملکات (malakât), Tajik spelling малика)
Usage notes
- Like English queen, the term can be used for both a queen regnant and a queen consort. More specific derived terms are ملکه حاکم (maleke-ye hâkem, “queen regnant”) and ملکه همسر (maleke-ye hamsar, “queen consort”).
Descendants
- → Gujarati: મલિકા (malikā)
- → Hindustani:
- → Marwari: मलिका (malikā)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਲਕਾ (malkā)
- Shahmukhi script: مَلِکَہ (malikah)
- → Sindhi: malikā
- Arabic script: مَلڪَھ
- Devanagari script: मलिका
Proper noun
ملکه • (malika / malake) (Tajik spelling Малика)
- a female given name, Malakeh, Malake, Malaka, Malekeh, Malika, or Malikah, from Arabic