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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mlkw noun sg. emphatic
mlkw, mlkwtˀ (malḵū, malḵūṯā) n.f. kingdom
1 kingship, reign Com. ▶ more

--(a) (of a queen) rule along with the king LJLA.

--(b) w. pronominal suffix: your highness, etc. Syr.

--(c) as head of the academy JBAg.
2 kingdom, realm (a political entity) Com, -OA -OfA. ▶ more

--(a) royal administration, the government of such an entity Gal, Syr.
3 of heaven : the afterlife promised to the good or the imminent rule of God on earth CPA, Syr.