ملكه

See also: ملكة, ملکه, and ملکہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika). By surface analysis, ملك (melik) +‎ ـه (-e).

Noun

ملكه • (melike)

1. queen

Descendants

• Turkish: melike

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَكَة (malaka).

Noun

ملكه • (meleke)

1. possession
2. behavior to and treatment of slaves
3. a ready power and command in any mental or manual operation; mastery, readiness

Descendants

• Turkish: meleke

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملكه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1972