Melika

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Milika, Mëlika, Maliqe

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
dat./abl.	Melike	Melikës

References

• Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 41a