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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.lɪ.kɑː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /məl.kɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

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.