malkia

See also: Mälkiä

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مَلِكَة (malika).

Pronunciation

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Noun

malkia class IX (plural malkia class X)

  1. queen (female monarch or wife of a king)
  2. (chess) queen
  3. (card games) queen

See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei mbili tatu nne tano sita saba
nane tisa kumi ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha jokari
Chess pieces in Swahili · kete za sataranji (see also: sataranji, chesi) (layout · text)
shaha, shehe, mfalme, kete kuu malkia ngome sataranja, padre farasi, jemadari kitunda