ملی

See also: ملئ and ملي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy). By surface analysis, ملت (millet) +‎ ـی (-î, nisba suffix).

Adjective

ملی • (millî)

1. pertaining to a religion, sect, community, or nation; religious, national

Descendants

• Turkish: millî

Further reading

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy). By surface analysis, ملت (mellat, “nation”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mil.ˈliː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪl.líː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪl.líː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪl.líː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mil.lí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mel.líː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mil.lí]

Readings
Classical reading?	millī
Dari reading?	millī
Iranian reading?	melli
Tajik reading?	millī

Adjective

Dari	ملی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	миллӣ

ملی • (melli)

1. national

   گل ملی ― gol-e melli ― national flower

   پرچم ملی ― parčam-e melli ― national flag

Derived terms

• سرود ملی (sorud-e melli, “national anthem”)
• ملی شدن (melli šodan, “to be nationalized”)
• ملی کردن (melli kardan, “to nationalize”)
• ملی‌گرا (melli-garâ, “nationalist”)

 

Related terms

• ملت (mellat)
• ملیت (melliyat)

 

Urdu

ملی

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀆 (malliā), from Sanskrit मल्लिका (mallikā)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məl.liː/

Noun

مَلّی • (mallī) f (Hindi spelling मल्ली)

1. Arabian jasmine

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian ملی (millī), from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪl.liː/

Noun

مِلّی • (millī) (Hindi spelling मिल्ली)

1. national

   Synonym: قَومی (qaumī)

   باغِ مِلّی ― bāġ-i millī ― national park

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mallikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press