Malika

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proper noun

A female given name from Arabic, the female version of the title Malik ("King" in Arabic).

OriginArabic مَلِكَة ← ['ar مَلِكَة →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Arabic, the female version of the title Malik ("King" in Arabic).

    Malika Harris places a candle down for her sister Nia Wilson at a makeshift memorial outside the MacArthur Bay Area Rapid Transit station, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Oakland.

    2018 July 27, Dakin Andone, Dan Simon, “Officials still don’t know why a white man allegedly stabbed a black woman to death in a subway station”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2022

Origin

  1. ['arمَلِكَة
  2. Arabicمَلِكَة
  3. EnglishMalika

Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika, “queen”).

More words from Arabic, ['ar

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Translations

Arabic مَلِكَة
  • مَلِكَة (malika)given name
Hindi मलिका, मल्लिका
  • मलिका (malikā)given name
  • मल्लिका (mallikā)given name
Persian ملکه
  • ملکه (maleke)given name
Turkish Melike
  • Melikegiven name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

kalmiaKamalikalimaKalamimakilakaimal
Cite this entry
APA

Malika. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malika

MLA

“Malika.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malika. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malika,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malika.

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