ملکہ

See also: ملكة, ملكه, and ملکه

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ملکه (malika), from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika), feminine of مَلِك (malik, “king”).

Noun

مَلِکَہ • (malikah) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਲਿਕਾ)

  1. queen

Proper noun

مَلِکَہ • (malikah) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਲਿਕਾ)

  1. 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)

  1. queen
    Synonyms: مہارانی (mahārānī), رانی (rānī), سلطانہ (sultāna)
    میرِی خوابوں کی مَلِکَہ ― merī xvābõ kī malika ― queen of my dreams
  2. (chess) queen

Declension
Declension of ملکہ
singular plural
direct ملکہ (malikah) ملکائیں (malikā'ẽ)
oblique ملکہ (malikah) ملکاؤں (malikāõ)
vocative ملکہ (malikah) ملکاؤ (malikāo)

References
  • “ملکہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ملکہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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