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The female equivalent of a king is a queen regnant, and a consort is queen consort, from the Germanic *kwoeniz, or *kwenon, "wife"; cognate of Greek γυνή, gynē, "woman"; from PIE *gʷḗn, "woman". Regardless of a ruler's sex, their realm is known as a kingdom. Rex, Latin for king, the feminine form is Regina.
Because there is no feminine equivalent to king and emperor in East Asian languages, different titles are used for female monarchs and female consorts. The titles of female monarchs in East Asia are translated directly as "female king" or "female emperor" and the titles of female consorts in East Asia are translated directly as "king's consort ...
"Khanum" can be understood as equivalent of "madam", or more colloquially, "ma'am" in some Ottoman and Turkic influenced countries. In South Asia , particularly in Afghanistan , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Sindh , Baluchistan and North India , Khanum has been adapted for use as an honorific for Muslim women of high social status .
When a title other than king is held by the sovereign, his wife can be referred to by the feminine equivalent, such as princess consort or empress consort. In monarchies where polygamy has been practised in the past (such as Morocco and Thailand ), or is practised today (such as the Zulu nation and the various Yoruba polities), the number of ...
Mumazes reigned (1675–1671 BC) – Daughter of king Bonu I. [129] Aruas (reigned 1671 BC) – Daughter of Mumazes. [128] Helena (reigned 1358–1347 BC) Makeda (reigned 1013–982 BC) – The Biblical queen of Sheba in Ethiopian tradition and mother of Menelik I. She succeeded to the throne after the death of her father king Kawnasya. [130]
In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.
Sultana or sultanah (/ s ʌ l ˈ t ɑː n ə /; Arabic: سلطانة sulṭāna) is a female royal title, and the feminine form of the word sultan.This term has been officially used for female monarchs in some Islamic states, and historically it was also used for sultan's consorts.
Maharaja [a] (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; lit. ' great ruler '; feminine: Maharani) [2] is an Indian princely title of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a prince.