ملی
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy). By surface analysis, ملت (millet) + ـی (-î, nisba suffix).
Adjective edit
ملی • (millî)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: millî
Further reading edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1974
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy). By surface analysis, ملت (mellat, “nation”) + ـی (-i).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mil.ˈliː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mel.líː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mil.lí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | millī |
Dari reading? | millī |
Iranian reading? | melli |
Tajik reading? | millī |
Adjective edit
Dari | ملی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | миллӣ |
ملی • (melli)
- national
- گل ملی ― gol-e melli ― national flower
- پرچم ملی ― parčam-e melli ― national flag
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Urdu edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀆 (malliā), from Sanskrit मल्लिका (mallikā)
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məl.liː/
Noun edit
مَلّی • (mallī) f (Hindi spelling मल्ली)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ملی (millī), from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɪl.liː/
Noun edit
مِلّی • (millī) (Hindi spelling मिल्ली)
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mallikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press