ملکه
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Pashto
[edit]Noun
[edit]ملکه • (malaka) f
Noun
[edit]ملکه • (malika) f
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika). By surface analysis, ملک (malek) + ـه (-e).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ma.li.ˈka]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæ.læ.kʰʲé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mä.li.kʰǽ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | malika |
Dari reading? | malika |
Iranian reading? | malake |
Tajik reading? | malika |
Noun
[edit]ملکه • (malika / malake) (plural ملکهها (malika-hā / malake-hâ), or ملکات (malakât), Tajik spelling малика)
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Categories:
- Pashto lemmas
- Pashto nouns
- Pashto feminine nouns
- Persian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from the Arabic root م ل ك
- Persian terms suffixed with ـه
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- fa:Heads of state
- fa:Female people
- fa:Monarchy
- Persian proper nouns
- Persian given names
- Persian female given names
- Persian female given names from Arabic