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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ملکه (malika), from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika), feminine of مَلِك (malik, “king”).
Noun
مَلِکَہ • (malikah) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਲਿਕਾ)
- queen
Proper noun
مَلِکَہ • (malikah) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਲਿਕਾ)
- a female given name, Malikah or Malika, from Arabic
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ملِکہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ملکه (malika), from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika), feminine of مَلِك (malik, “king”).
Pronunciation
Noun
مَلِکَہ • (malikā) f (masculine بادْشاہ (bādśāh), Hindi spelling मलिका)
- queen
- Synonyms: مہارانی (mahārānī), رانی (rānī), سلطانہ (sultāna)
- میرِی خوابوں کی مَلِکَہ ― merī xvābõ kī malika ― queen of my dreams
- (chess) queen
Declension
Declension of ملکہ
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singular
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plural
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direct
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ملکہ (malikah)
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ملکائیں (malikā'ẽ)
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oblique
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ملکہ (malikah)
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ملکاؤں (malikāõ)
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vocative
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ملکہ (malikah)
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ملکاؤ (malikāo)
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References
- “ملکہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ملکہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.