# \*mlk: 'queen'

> Proto-Semitic *mlk, 'queen': reflexes in 14 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mlk |
| Meaning | 'queen' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | malkatu (CAD M/1 166) | CAD M/1 166 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | malkā (HALOT 592); mǝleket (HALOT 593) | HALOT 592; HALOT 593 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mlkt (HALOT 592) | HALOT 592 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | mlkt (Krahmalkov 289; T 182) | Krahmalkov 289; T 182 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | mlkt (Krahmalkov 289) | Krahmalkov 289 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | malkṯā 'queen, empress, princess' (Payne Smith 278) | Payne Smith 278 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | malkǝtā (HALOT 592) | HALOT 592 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | malakta (HALOT 592) | HALOT 592 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | malikat (HALOT 592) | HALOT 592 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab mlkt (Biella 278) | Biella 278 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic mlkt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 97) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 97 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | malika, malikat, malikt: ma-li-ka, ma-li-ka-tum, ši-ma-li-ik-ti (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 42) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 42 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ma-lik-tum /malkat/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 42); ma-lik-tum, a Semitic logogram, pl. ma-lik-tum ma-lik-tum (ARET I 32 r. VI 13; Fronzaroli 1995, 54) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 42; ARET I 32 r. VI 13; Fronzaroli 1995, 54 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | \*malkā (HALOT BArm. s.v. מַלְכָּה) | HALOT BArm. s.v. מַלְכָּה | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Feminine of 52 \*malik- 'king'.

## Linked from

- [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>)

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