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)

queen

Descendants

Turkish: melike

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَكَة (malaka).

Noun

ملكه • (meleke)

possession
behavior to and treatment of slaves
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, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1972

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