ملكة

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See also: ملكه, ملکه, and ملکہ

Arabic

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Root
م ل ك (m l k)
12 terms

Etymology 1

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Noun

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مَلِكَة (malikaf (plural مَلِكَات (malikāt), masculine مَلِك (malik))

  1. queen
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References

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  • 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

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مَلَكَة (malakaf (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
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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
م ل ك
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic مَلِكَة (malika).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ملكة (malikef (construct state ملكة (malket), plural ملكات (malikāt), masculine ملك (malik))

  1. queen

See also

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