ملكة

See also: ملكه, ملکه, and ملکہ

Arabic

Root
م ل ك (m-l-k)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li.ka/

Noun

مَلِكَة • (malika) f (plural مَلِكَات (malikāt), masculine مَلِك (malik))

1. queen

Declension

Declension of noun مَلِكَة (malika)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلِكَة malika	الْمَلِكَة al-malika	مَلِكَة malikat
Nominative	مَلِكَةٌ malikatun	الْمَلِكَةُ al-malikatu	مَلِكَةُ malikatu
Accusative	مَلِكَةً malikatan	الْمَلِكَةَ al-malikata	مَلِكَةَ malikata
Genitive	مَلِكَةٍ malikatin	الْمَلِكَةِ al-malikati	مَلِكَةِ malikati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلِكَتَيْن malikatayn	الْمَلِكَتَيْن al-malikatayn	مَلِكَتَيْ malikatay
Nominative	مَلِكَتَانِ malikatāni	الْمَلِكَتَانِ al-malikatāni	مَلِكَتَا malikatā
Accusative	مَلِكَتَيْنِ malikatayni	الْمَلِكَتَيْنِ al-malikatayni	مَلِكَتَيْ malikatay
Genitive	مَلِكَتَيْنِ malikatayni	الْمَلِكَتَيْنِ al-malikatayni	مَلِكَتَيْ malikatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلِكَات malikāt	الْمَلِكَات al-malikāt	مَلِكَات malikāt
Nominative	مَلِكَاتٌ malikātun	الْمَلِكَاتُ al-malikātu	مَلِكَاتُ malikātu
Accusative	مَلِكَاتٍ malikātin	الْمَلِكَاتِ al-malikāti	مَلِكَاتِ malikāti
Genitive	مَلِكَاتٍ malikātin	الْمَلِكَاتِ al-malikāti	مَلِكَاتِ malikāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məlikə
• → Chagatai: ملکه
  • Uyghur: مەلىكە (melike)
  • Uzbek: malika
• → English: Malika
• → Kazakh: мәлике (mälike)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ملكه (melike)
  • Turkish: melike
• → Old Armenian: Մլքէ (Mlkʻē)
• → Classical Persian: مَلِکَه (malika)
  • Dari: مَلِکَه (malika)
  • Iranian Persian: مَلِکِه (maleke)
  • Tajik: малика (malika)
  • → 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

• → Swahili: malkia

See also

• وَزِير (wazīr) (chess piece)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.ka/

Noun

مَلَكَة • (malaka) f (plural مَلَكَات (malakāt))

1. possession
2. acquisition
3. attainment, acquired skill or quality, talent, virtue
   • 1377 CE, Ibn Khaldun, “الفصل السادس والأربعون في أن اللغة ملكة صناعية”, in Khalīl Shiḥādah, editor, تاريخ ابن خلدون, volume 1, Beirut, Lebanon: Dār Al-Fikr, published 1981, →OCLC, pages 764–765:

     وَٱلْمَلَكَاتُ لَا تَحْصُلُ إلَّا بِتَكْرَارِ الْأَفْعَالِ، لِأَنَّ الْفِعْلَ يَقَعُ أَوَّلًا، وَتَعُودُ مِنْهُ لِلذَّاتِ صِفَةٌ، ثُمَّ تَتَكَرَّرُ فَتَكُونُ حَالًا. وَمَعْنَى الْحَالِ أَنَّهَا صِفَةٌ غَيْرُ رَاسِخَةٍ ثُمَّ يَزِيدُ التَّكْرَارُ فَتَكُونُ مَلَكَةً أَيْ صِفَةً رَاسِخَةً.

     wal-malakātu lā taḥṣulu ʔillā bitakrāri l-ʔafʕāli, liʔanna l-fiʕla yaqaʕu ʔawwalan, wataʕūdu minhu li-ḏ-ḏāti ṣifatun, ṯumma tatakarraru fatakūnu ḥālan. wamaʕnā l-ḥāli ʔannahā ṣifatun ḡayru rāsiḵatin ṯumma yazīdu t-takrāru fatakūnu malakatan ʔay ṣifatan rāsiḵatan.

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4. habit, custom
5. slavery

Declension

Declension of noun مَلَكَة (malaka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلَكَة malaka	الْمَلَكَة al-malaka	مَلَكَة malakat
Nominative	مَلَكَةٌ malakatun	الْمَلَكَةُ al-malakatu	مَلَكَةُ malakatu
Accusative	مَلَكَةً malakatan	الْمَلَكَةَ al-malakata	مَلَكَةَ malakata
Genitive	مَلَكَةٍ malakatin	الْمَلَكَةِ al-malakati	مَلَكَةِ malakati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلَكَتَيْن malakatayn	الْمَلَكَتَيْن al-malakatayn	مَلَكَتَيْ malakatay
Nominative	مَلَكَتَانِ malakatāni	الْمَلَكَتَانِ al-malakatāni	مَلَكَتَا malakatā
Accusative	مَلَكَتَيْنِ malakatayni	الْمَلَكَتَيْنِ al-malakatayni	مَلَكَتَيْ malakatay
Genitive	مَلَكَتَيْنِ malakatayni	الْمَلَكَتَيْنِ al-malakatayni	مَلَكَتَيْ malakatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلَكَات malakāt	الْمَلَكَات al-malakāt	مَلَكَات malakāt
Nominative	مَلَكَاتٌ malakātun	الْمَلَكَاتُ al-malakātu	مَلَكَاتُ malakātu
Accusative	مَلَكَاتٍ malakātin	الْمَلَكَاتِ al-malakāti	مَلَكَاتِ malakāti
Genitive	مَلَكَاتٍ malakātin	الْمَلَكَاتِ al-malakāti	مَلَكَاتِ malakāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ملكه (meleke)
  • Turkish: meleke

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ملكة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ل ك
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَلِكَة (malika).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li.ke/, [ˈma.lɪ.ke]
• IPA^(key): /ma.li.ka/, [ˈma.lɪ.ka]

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Noun

ملكة • (malike) f (construct state ملكة (malket), plural ملكات (malikāt), masculine ملك (malik))

1. queen