Etymograph

English

Malika

Malika comes from Arabic مَلِكَة ‘queen’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمَلِكَة‘queen’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2018Malika

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمَلِكَة‘queen’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2018Malika

Earliest quotation: 2018, Dakin Andone, Dan Simon: “Malika Harris places a candle down for her sister…”

Today it means

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

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic مَلِكَة / Malika