malika ملكة

Moroccan Darija · noun

“malika” (ملكة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning queen.

Meanings

1. queen

Usage

The noun malika means "queen". It is most often used with the article, lmalika, for example when talking about a foreign queen: lmalika dyal ingletira. Figuratively, it can be used as a compliment, to say that a woman is treated or carries herself like a queen. The word is also a very common female first name in Morocco, Malika. A phrase like "Malika's house" therefore refers to a person, not to a queen. In Latin script, only the capital letter or the context tells the two apart.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “malika”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “malika” on the Arabic keyboard