Malika is the Arabic word for 'queen' and the feminine form of the name
Malik
Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic duri ...
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Given name
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Judith Malika Liberman (born 1978), French storyteller, writer and teacher
*Malika or
al-Nadirah
The medieval story of al-Nadirah is about the fall of Hatra and its princess, who fell in love with the young king Shapur I while he was besieging the city.
This partially fictional narrative is recorded in Persian and Arabic sources of the ear ...
, princess of Hatra per Perso-Arabic traditions
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Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007), Moroccan writer
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Malika Amar Sheikh
Malika Amar Sheikh or Malika Namdeo Dhasal (born 16 February 1957) is a Marathi writer and political activist from Maharashtra, India. She is the president of the Dalit Panthers party.
Biography
Malika Amar Sheikh was born on 16 February 1957 to S ...
(born 1957), Marathi Indian writer
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Malika Andrews
Malika Rose Andrews (born January 27, 1995) is an American sports journalist and reporter. She is the host of ''NBA Today'', which replaced '' The Jump''. She joined ESPN in October 2018 as an online NBA writer and debuted as its youngest side ...
(born 1995), American sports journalist
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Malika Askari, Indian actress, sister of actress Mumtaz
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Malika Auger-Aliassime
Malika Auger-Aliassime (; born December 28, 1998) is a Canadian tennis player. She reached a career high junior rank of No. 554 on February 15, 2016.
Early life
Auger-Aliassime was born to Togolese father Sam Aliassime and Quebecker mother Mari ...
(born 1998), Canadian junior tennis player
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Malika Ayane (born 1984), Italian singer
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Malika Benarab-Attou (born 1963), French politician
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Malika El Aroud (born 1960), Moroccan internet Islamist living in Belgium
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Malika Kalontarova
Malika Kolontarova ( tg, Малика Қаландарова, russian: Мазол (Малика) Яшуваевна Калантарова or Колонтарова; born 2 September 1950) is a Tajik–American dancer. She is known as the "Q ...
(born 1950), Tajik American dancer
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Malika Louback, Djiboutian-French fashion model and engineer
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Malika Ménard (born 1987), Miss France 2010
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Malika Mokeddem
Malika Mokeddem ( Kenadsa, Algeria; October 5, 1949) is an Algerian writer.
Biography
Malika Mokeddem was born on October 5, 1949, in Kenadsa, a small mining town on the limit of the western desert of Algeria. She is the daughter of an illiterat ...
(born 1949), Algerian writer
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Malika Oufkir
Malika Oufkir ( ar, مليكة أوفقير) (born April 2, 1953 in Marrakesh) is a Moroccan Berber writer and former "disappeared". She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.
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(born 1953), Moroccan writer
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Malika Pukhraj
Malika Pukhraj (Punjabi, ur, ملكہ پکھراج ) (1912 – 2004) was a highly popular Ghazal and folk singer of Pakistan. She was generally known as "Malika", meaning "The Queen", publicly. She was extremely popular for her rendition o ...
(1912–2004), Pakistani singer
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Malika Tahir, French figure skater
*Malika-e-Tarranum, honorific of
Noor Jehan
Noor Jehan (Punjabi: ) (born () Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 23 September 1926 – 23 December 2000; sometimes spelled Noorjehan),Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema,'' British Film Institute, Oxford University Press ...
(1926–2000), singer from British India and later Pakistan
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Malika Tirolien (born 1983), Guadeloupean-born singer-songwriter living in Montréal
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Malika Zarra, Moroccan singer
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Princess Lalla Malika of Morocco
Princess Lalla Malika (14 March 1933 – 28 September 2021) was a sister of the late King Hassan II of Morocco, and daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco and his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar. She was the chairwoman of the Moroccan Red ...
(born 1933), Moroccan princess
See also
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Mallika, given name
References
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Arabic feminine given names