Melika

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملكه (melike, “queen”). Compare Turkish Melike, Persian ملکه (maleke), English Malika.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈlika/
  • Rhymes: -ika

Proper noun

Melika f

  1. a female given name from Arabic

Declension

Declension of Melikë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative Melikë Melika
accusative Melikën
dative/ablative Melike Melikës

References

  • Marina Dražić, Ivana Antić, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 41a
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