ملیت
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
A pseudo-Arabic term coined in Ottoman Turkish from ملت (millet) + ـیت (-iyyet) (both elements respectively borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla) and ـِيَّة (-iyya)).
Noun edit
مِلِّیَّت • (milliyyet) (plural ملیتلر)
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مِلِّیَّت (milliyyet), itself coined in Ottoman Turkish from ملت (millet) + ـیت (-iyyet) (both elements respectively borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla) and ـِيَّة (-iyya)). By surface analysis, ملت (millat, “nation”) + ـیت (-iyat).
Pronunciation edit
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mel.li.jǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mil.li.jǽt̪]
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Dari reading? | milliyat |
Iranian reading? | melliyat |
Tajik reading? | milliyat |
Noun edit
Dari | ملیت |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | миллият |
مِلِّیَت • (melliyat) (plural ملیتها (melliyat-hâ))