بین الملکی

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْن (bayn, “between, separation”) +‎ Arabic المُلْكِيّ (al-mulkiyy, “relating to sovereignty or dominion”). The Arabic word مُلْك (mulk) (loaned via Classical Persian) is used in the dated sense of "land, country" as is standard in Urdu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛːn.ʊl.mʊl.kiː/, /bɛː.nʊl.mʊl.kiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

بَینُ المُلْکی • (bain-ul-mulkī) (Hindi spelling बैन-उल-मुल्की)

1. intranational, inland

   Synonyms: بَینُ الْمِلّی (bainul-millī), اَندَرُونِ مُلْک (andarūn-i mulk)

   Antonyms: غَیر مُلْکی (ġair mulkī), ساحِلی (sāhilī)

2. nationwide

   Synonym: مُلْک گِیر (mulk gīr)

References

• “بین+الملکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.