millî

See also: milli, milli-, and mil·li-

Turkish

Alternative spelling

• milli

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ملی (millî), from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy). By surface analysis, millet (“nation”) +‎ -i (nisba suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milˈliː/

Adjective

millî

1. national

   Synonyms: nasyonal, ulusal

Derived terms

• Millî Görüş

 

Related terms

• millet

 

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “millet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1974