ملکه

See also: ملكة, ملكه, and ملکہ

Pashto

Noun

ملکه • (malaka) f

1. angel

Noun

ملکه • (malika) f

1. queen

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]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.lɪ.kʰǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.lɪ.kʰǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.li.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)

1. 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 ملکه حاکم (maleke-ye hâkem, “queen regnant”) and ملکه همسر (maleke-ye hamsar, “queen consort”).

Descendants

• → Gujarati: મલિકા (malikā)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मलिका (malikā)

  Urdu: مَلِکَہ (malika)

• → 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)

1. a female given name, Malakeh, Malake, Malaka, Malekeh, Malika, or Malikah, from Arabic